"just because I consider your equation of any form of persecution as being as menacing to the commonweal in its potential effects, & as being ∴ of equivalent virulence as any other, to be counter·productively & hyperbolically extreme?"

OK! So you believe that persecution is more, or less, reprehensible according to the degree of damage suffered.

So tell me this. At what point does it become serious enough for you to stop ignoring it and take notice?

Do you think that those who start small, if allowed to get away with it, will stop of their own accord?

Is the death of Mr Ebrahimi really of inferior import because it happened here, and not in the Middle East. I'm willing to bet he felt severely persecuted!

WHERE do YOU draw the line?