Isn't it interesting that Religion and Politics are taboo topics in polite company? These are very important to many people, but discussing them only seems to provoke anger in most people. The exception seems to be that people of similar opinions can discuss with one another how much they hate, desipise, and laugh at those of different beliefs. Apparently, religions and politics are not subjects that most people desire to consider in a calm, cool, rational manner. Rather, for most people, religion and politics are emotional topics. They are the subject of Faith. People have faith in their religion. More surprisingly, (at least to me) they have Faith in their politics. Faith and Reason are like oil and water; they do not mix. I am not restricting my comments to stupid people or any particular party. My observation seems true to me of very intelligent members of various parties (although there does seems to be a tendency to judge members of parties to which you do not
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