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From: Peter Berdeklis <peter AT atmosp DOT physics DOT utoronto DOT ca>
Subject: Re: What?!?
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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Mark T Logan wrote:

> The Bible comment was definetly out of line.  I for
> one can't stand it when people get obsessed with political
> correctness.  But you simply can't go around belittling something
> that represents the faith of about 48% of the world population.  And
> as Eli pointed out, there are non-Christians who read the Bible.

Actually, there are less than 1 billion Christians in the world, i.e. 
less than 20% of the world population.  People in countries with 
Christian majorities tend to overestimate.  Completely off topic, of course.

By the way, all the rest about inappropriate vulgarity I agree with in 
general, not just for newsgroups.  Common courtesy and politeness 
benifits everyone.

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Peter Berdeklis
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto

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