I decided to forward this quote by Thomas Jefferson today.  It sumss up my
feelings about the 'dictatorship' of ideas which seems to be turning some of
our comrades, as brother Conteh would say, into raving fanatics who have no
tolerance for alternate points of view

Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are
servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal
for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a
God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason
than that of blindfolded fear.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

-Rastafari

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