Reply #46: But If Pushed On A Little Farther, Sir

[The Magistrate]

That line will open the question of whether a government is respectful of all religions, and if it should be repectful of all religions.

The Saudi government is most certainly not repectful of religions other than Islam, and in this, seems to have the support of the great preponderance of its people.

Are people who do not show respect and tolerance entitled to expect it of others? In my view, they really are not. It seems to me that the "Golden Rule" of do unto others as you would have them do unto you is a thing people cannot avoid adhering to, for the way a person treats others is a declaration of how they think people ought to be treated, and therefore serves as an instruction in how others ought to treat them. A person who demonstrates by action that another faith is not to be tolerated is, by doing so, showing that his or her faith is not to be tolerated by those of another confession....