tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post2923417501090507520..comments2023-05-28T10:59:57.169+01:00Comments on Jon's labour movement blog: Opposing the pogrom against Palestinians in the Ghetto of GazaJon Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-74596893775958555102009-01-05T14:23:00.000+00:002009-01-05T14:23:00.000+00:00Well said, Jon. And Chris, if you look, you'll...Well said, Jon. And Chris, if you look, you'll find plenty of left blogs who "pour scorn" on religion.a very public sociologisthttp://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-79290525137971098282009-01-04T15:33:00.000+00:002009-01-04T15:33:00.000+00:00The thing with this is which is all so depressing ...The thing with this is which is all so depressing is that it all comes down to religious fanatics,not matter what side, who are determined on dragging the rest of us down the into the hell in a basket world they want to create.<br><br>Whilst these irrationalists, be they Jewish, Muslim, Christian or people who believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden, play out their mumbo jumbo, it is innocent kids and others who want no part in it that suffer.<br><br>I get queasy at the sight of some on the left getting so cosy with the Muslim religious fanatics (who treat women so appallingly and whose attitudes to gay people etc are so medieval), in the same way as the right cosy up to the Christian ones.<br><br>Whatever happened to the rational left that poured scorn upon these superstitious menaces?Chris Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13299829193367003485noreply@blogger.com