ext_124188 ([identity profile] susannaknits.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] bunnyjadwiga 2007-11-29 09:35 pm (UTC)

Personally, I was appalled by the media coverage of the Amish school shootings - I remember seeing footage where the grandfather of several of the victims was outdoors at some ridiculously still-dark hour of the morning, and the news crew was pestering him with questions, despite his obvious discomfort with being filmed. And photos in our local paper of women with bowed heads along a fence next to the school - I remember being horrified that these women were there trying to grieve and had to hide their faces from cameras because of the media's blatant lack of respect for either their privacy or their religious beliefs.

But that's a different soapbox altogether. My personal opinion is that pretty much any religion can be taken to extremes, and those out there on the edges are rarely following the spirit of what they think they believe in. See also numerous examples of religious persecution throughout history.

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