need a Pentium 75 and heatsink (and seriously OT)

On 4/1/2011 9:48 AM, Liam Proven wrote: I actually thought his post was comical.(not in a haha way, but a "Are you really serious?" way) I'm not particularly religious. His comment was so over the top that he was likely trolling for a response. Either way, the best way to handle it is to ignore it --- don't feed the trolls. While I really don't want to defend bad treatment you may have received in the past from your so-called-American-religious-types, I'd argue that in terms of tolerance, you can do considerably worse in dealings with several other cultures. I think that any form of extremism, whether it be religious or otherwise, is bad. There are religions that specifically teach intolerance(and much worse) but my experience with Catholicism (for example) is that this isn't one of them. It's actually quite the opposite. As you correctly point out, bad behavior, like what you are talking about above, is specifically NOT consistent with the teachings and is in direct contradiction. I believe there are some internal inconsistencies with the source material to begin with --- so there problems to overcome there, anyways --- but I think they are on pretty safe ground in this department in most (all?) contemporary teachings. Not that this was true historically, of course. While I'm trying to avoid becoming the spokesperson for any particular faith (or faith in general --- and frankly, normally find myself on the other side of this argument!) we are taught to open our arms and try to bring offenders back around to much more reasonable ground. I personally see really bad behavior (and I think the original comment was fairly tame) like you mentioned to be a mental deficiency -- as a type of personality disorder. I find it helpful to consider the person as being "sick"(ala a cold, or a flu) and in need of care and education. Most police stations, for example, deal with crazy people with considerably more "kid gloves" than what I call "bad guys" even though their outward behaviors might be identical. The police want to get these guys help, and they do so through a hospital, not through rough treatment in jail. Keith P.S. This is my personal experience. I'm definitely NOT an expert on any of the topics here!