Man who killed shopkeeper for ‘disrespecting Islam’ jailed for minimum of 27 years: Tanveer Ahmed said he had been offended by clips the shopkeeper had uploaded online

Slightly-serious, but mostly joking. Should we embark on a desensitation effort? Exposure in small doses, working up to something more overt.

Phase one: blanket the world with positive statements all mushed together. Christianity=Islam=Judaism=Buddhism=Hinduism=Atheism. Everyone is right. And everyone is wrong. Equally.

Phase two: state the names. Jesus is good. Mohammed is good. Jehovah is good, Buddha is good, there is No One up in the clouds and that's good. Etc.

Phase three: start in with the Criticism. Jesus was human, he wasn't perfect. Mohammed was human, he wasn't perfect, Buddha was human, he wasn't perfect. They made mistakes. You make mistakes. Your religion makes mistakes. Atheists, you're not perfect, either.

Phase four. Really dial it up. Some non-Chirstians think Jesus was a poser. Some non-Muslims think Allah was a poser, etc.

Phase five. Defcon 5. Start WWIII. Jesus sucks. Mohammed sucks. Jehovah sucks. Buddha sucks. Atheists suck.

There. Everyone's offended. We either all survived the experience and learned it's ok or we abandon the compassion and empathy these religions advocate and get down to the business of killing each other.

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