On (01 Nov 05) Steve Asher wrote to George Pope...
 SA> Well, on reading Leviticus Chapter 11, it appears that God commanded
 SA> Moses & Aaron that the Israelites were not to eat swine (pigs) as

"that the Israelites" -- keyword!

 SA> mind it in moderation. Even if I didn't eat it for religious
 SA> reasons, I would still be "guilty" of eating other
animals prohibited
 SA> to Israelites in Leviticus ... hares (which I assume includes
 SA> rabbits),

You're Jewish?

 SA> It is almost impossible to survive in a "multicultural society"
 SA> without unwittingly causing offence to one group or another, and
 SA> "hate" laws will make it possible to prosecute "evil
doers" who
 SA> do nasty things like ... wear crosses, head scarves, worry beads,
 SA> rosaries, phylacteries ... etc.

Yeah, eradicate these evil ones!

BURN THEM, BURN THEM, BURN THEM ALL!!!

I wonder -- is it a hate crime to hate people who hate?

Because I care,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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