The Persecution Of Error
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:23 am
“The doctrine which, from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by bigots of all sects, when condensed into a few words and stripped of rhetorical disguise, is simply this: I am in the right, and you are in the wrong. When you are the stronger, you ought to tolerate me, for it is your duty to tolerate truth; but when I am the stronger, I shall persecute you, for it is my duty to persecute error.” Lord Macaulay 1843
From: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/30/a ... nt-1751306
Persecution never fixes error. But it does entrench the vilest of incivilities as the error of the era changes.
From: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/30/a ... nt-1751306
Persecution never fixes error. But it does entrench the vilest of incivilities as the error of the era changes.