Reply #160: I guess I don't see the point to it myself

[JPettus]

Not that I am insensitive to the plight of people of Iran or any other country where superstition outweighs common sense and common freedoms, but it's not the US's job, IMO, to try to fix the cultures of other countries. Think Star Trek's "Prime Directive."

People put aside their superstitious nonsense only when they themselves have found that it doesn't work and is counterproductive.

I'm very sorry that people are being killed for the superstitious prejudices of their fellow countrymen.

In the US we still have people who are determined to force their religious beliefs and values down the throats of other citizens, regardless of the human cost. I'd rather fix US first.

I also get furious with the evangelicals who travel to places like Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq in order to spread their gospel. In such countries, the penalty for preaching something other than Islam is death. I didn't send them over there, and I find it sad that they go over thinking their nationality or their god will protect them and then go crying to the State Department when it doesn't.

Call me a heartless bastard if you wish.