Reply #30: Don't look now, but you're making an excuse for it.

[Selwynn]

Saying "yes but other people do it too" is making an excuse for the behavior.

You're right, other people do it too and when they do, that's not something we should make ratioanlizations or excuses for. In this case, there is one example of the kind of thing that shouldn't be considered acceptable to reasonable folk. Nothing more, nothing less.

PS - yes, actually I think you should go find other examples as well, because I think you'll have a much more difficult time finding them here. But the sheer fact that religious folk are in the miniority on these boards, there are many more examples of non-belivers behaving badly than believers behaving badly. So I take up your challenge - just provide links so that I can go review the examples for myself.

Sel