Sad State of affairs

Submitted by William (European Union), Feb 19, 2008 at 12:38

This whole thing about Muslims, Islam, and guide dogs, and whether or not the latter should be allowed to accompany their owners into taxis and shops etc is about as fair-minded as a fox in a chicken pen.

What we have here are Mind Forged Manacles passed down from a period in history where nobody had the faintest idea what was going on.

All humans have an innate tendency to form religious belief and rules. As such, it has a lot of beneficial influences. It helps people to adjust to their mortality and it binds communities together................To have evolved such a powerful tendancy and to hold it from childhood to death looks very much like a biological adaptation.

This whole thing about Muslims, Islam, and guide dogs, and whether or not the latter should be allowed to accompany their owners into taxis and shops etc is about as fair-minded as a fox in a chicken pen.

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