Intolerance in Africa
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1105AP_Nigeria_Gays.html
I fear that doing anything about this would get the same admonition that opposing Israeli government policies would get: charges of racism. But I'm not sure what else we can do. I wouldn't mind refusing to do business with anyone who does business in Africa, similar to how people handled South Africa not too long ago, but if we do that with every country on the continent, then we might be charged with racism.
The irony of not tolerating intolerance. Those who don't want to tolerate seem to demand tolerance of their intolerance and don't want to tolerate my tolerance.
The recent marches in Jerusalem against gays also brought the conflict out. How to oppose those aspects of Israeli society who want to persecute gays, forgetting their history in the previous century. How can an intolerant group talk of their historical experiences under the Holocaust? How can they demand comfort and understanding when they stand there shouting angrily at gays?
I fear that doing anything about this would get the same admonition that opposing Israeli government policies would get: charges of racism. But I'm not sure what else we can do. I wouldn't mind refusing to do business with anyone who does business in Africa, similar to how people handled South Africa not too long ago, but if we do that with every country on the continent, then we might be charged with racism.
The irony of not tolerating intolerance. Those who don't want to tolerate seem to demand tolerance of their intolerance and don't want to tolerate my tolerance.
The recent marches in Jerusalem against gays also brought the conflict out. How to oppose those aspects of Israeli society who want to persecute gays, forgetting their history in the previous century. How can an intolerant group talk of their historical experiences under the Holocaust? How can they demand comfort and understanding when they stand there shouting angrily at gays?