PeterK(Fionn),

Sad, but you are probably right. If the atheists outnumbered the christians we'd possibly see a bloodbath in the name of atheism. Actually, we already have seen that. Joe Stalin. He sure did look a bunch like Saddam, didn't he? ------ What this comes down to is unions. When you get enough on your side, it's possible to fight back and get revenge for past wrongs by joining together in solidarity. Woody Guthrie told the story of the 2 rabbits surrounded by a huge pack of dogs. One of the rabbits was panicing. The other rabbit said not to worry. "Let's just stay here 'til we outnumber 'em." ----- In some ways, that's what the 1960s were about----the largest generation in the history of the USA flexing it's adolescent muscles and saying, "Hell no, we won't go!" ----------------- (THREAD CREEP--Strange, too, that the first war protester to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate is also one who went to fight and then became what the right wing calls "wishy-washy"---he had the strength to change his mind.----That's something I really admire Kerry for.----- But this whole diatribe of mine is tangential thread creep.)

I do believe this: If 100 million people did a stupid and a wrong thing and two people were on the other side,   all those millions would still be WRONG.---- It's not Democracy or democratic--but it's correct I think.

Art Thieme (...and Bush was never elected president!)