On the Threshold of Bigotry

[/lurk]I really can't stand reading this stuff yet again and remaining silent.

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Redskins, Yankees, Japs, Krouts, Hebes, Islamniacs, Wetbacks, and Queers”they're either bigoted for loving some or hating some, according to their POVs.

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So in other words you use a definition of bigotry that is so nebulous and ill-defined that it describes everyone everywhere for practically every thought they've ever had concerning another person, ever. Your definition is completely and utterly useless.

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If so, you should be ready to call people bigots for opposing polygamy, incest, pedophilia, bestiality, dog fighting, chicken sacrifices, and post-mortem wedlock.

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Hoot... How many times does Straggler have to answer why those things should be outlawed? Really, he's done it at least half a dozen times now. All of those things you've named, except polygamy, inherently inflict harm upon and/or violate the rights of others. And he's gone to great lengths to explain why polygamy would be nearly impossible to regulate.

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I understand all that.

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Strange, you understand it yet you keep asking the same already answered questions over and over again.

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But have you considered the possibility that, for example, the gay-marriage advocates are trying to make a bicycle out of a tricycle,

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I'd say it's more like gay marriage advocates are being given a tricycle and are being told it's a bicycle, if they're given anything at all.Also, should I take it that, since you didn't reply to my critique, you accept that the definition of bigotry you've been trying to pawn off on this thread is completely useless and tantamount to saying "bigotry is having thoughts"?

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One has the right, if capable, to work in ones chosen occupation.

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Well it appears as though these pharmacists are not capable of performing their job since they aren't doing it. Their job is to give people the medicine they need, they aren't, therefore they aren't doing their job.See here's the problem, if I see machines as evil and patently refuse to touch them, becoming a car mechanic is probably a bad idea. In fact I probably should have thought about that before becoming a car mechanic.If I was a Jehova's Witness could I become a surgeon, but refuse to allow blood transfusions?