Firefox Backers Create 'Destroy IE' Campaign

Firefox used to be the good guys' choice. But so was Google. And pro-environment policies. Or pro-life alternatives. The last attack on IE is a good reminder that we live in an ethically gray world. Animal activists will actually harm human animals to get other animals out of the labs. Firefoxers are now happy to intrude in the choices of users to free them from other intruders.
History repeats itself a bit too boringly sometime. In Luke 14:23 one can read (New International Version (NIV) Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society): "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full." "Make them come in" sounds very mild in English. The Latin translation left no doubts on the imperative nature of the suggestion: cogite or conpelle entrare. Force them to enter. Against their will, clearly. For their own good, obviously. And so Augustine used that passage to justify coercive conversion of non-Christians and punishment for heresy. Whoever runs the church (any church) knows better. The name of the church changes, but the "force them to enter" policy is always the same. Beware of believers, they often turn into crusaders.

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  1. "Beware of believers, they often turn into crusaders." How true. I grew up in the "guilt based" tradition myself. I continue to see the "crusader" mentality evidenced every day. It goes hand in hand with fundamentalism (of any type). :-) Reading Augustine, for me, is about as fun as a root canal. Just my opinion tho.

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