Subj : Imbolc 4001 To : TODD HENSON From : Rachel L. Akers Date : Wed Feb 07 2001 10:47 pm >> Very VERY silly [not to mention ethnocentric] );-) TH> Not to mention pretty stupid as well. It may be "humor", but it my "ethnocentric" comment was refering to the completely USAian cultural references. As a lowly non-Yank I really had strain the grey matter to ID some of the references. I _think_ I only missed references to political & other public figures. But AFAIC as a proud Terrian first & Australian second I wasn't going to waste any more effort. I had enough cultural references to grock the post. Sprituality & Christocentrism didn't come into it. TH> paints all Christians as evil and tolerant of those who murder. & You _don't_ paint any of us lowlifes as evil people as a whole spritual group?? TH> But then again, you and a few others here have done a good job of TH> falling for the politically-correct version of "tolerance", Geee... My Non-USAian dictionaries all refer to a defination I've lived by for the 2 decades of my adulthood. PC has nothing to do with it... 1. indulgence for beliefs of practices differing from one's own. 2. an allowable variation from a standard diminsion. & second dictionary.... Woops sorry this one is an Australian one.. 1. Willing to put up with behavious you don't like or agree with. 2. Willing to accept other people's beliefs and customs. (example "There is no place for racism in a tolerant society") Ahhh so _that_'s your problem.... TH> so to post that kind of stuff is nothing less than hypocrisy for TH> you and your cause. Not really... Considering that all this is coming from a country founded 'cause of spritual intolerance from the mother country & proudly claims to accept other country's "poor (etc)" I think that claim is misdirected ... --- Msged/2 4.00 * Origin: Elfwhere - The POINTy eared POINT (3:640/531.2379) .