Reply #24: There are plenty of ways to exercise your right to free speech

[darkstar3]

that are unacceptable in polite society. The word "fuck" immediately comes to mind. Unfortunately, while we as a society maintain that there are single words that are unacceptable, it has now become acceptable to discuss religion as openly as we discuss the weather, and as passionately as we discuss sports.

This was not the case in the days of my grandfather, who would have considered anyone even broaching the topic of religion outside of home or church to be incredibly rude.

Personally, I'd rather see our society be much more like Europe, where if you actually bother to bring up the topic of religion people look at you like you've sprouted extra limbs growing from your forehead.