Pullman sums it up
Our credo in 60 seconds, by the author of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3VcbAfd4w[/youtube]
Our credo in 60 seconds, by the author of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3VcbAfd4w[/youtube]
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Absolutely spot on!
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That speech calls for stirring patriotic music to be played behind it. Bravo Mr Pullman.
Sounds far too much like common sense for the fundamentalists to swallow, I’m afraid!
Fundies think that they themselves should be allowed to say whatever they like and that only the views of other people should be censored.