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: And I could produce buckets of tolerance from both in response. The restriction only applies to works ''specifically designed'' to promote racism, sexism, religious hatred, etc. The Bible and the Koran contain both good things and bad things on the subject, so they can be included. (Besides, many entries from the Bible and the Koran would be important for understanding fictional entities or places with the same names.) However, ''Birth of a Nation'' (for example) would not be OK, because it promotes a racist view of history with villainous African-Americans and heroic Klansmen. That clearer? [[User:Jeb|Jeb]] 22:01, 6 June 2006 (CDT) | : And I could produce buckets of tolerance from both in response. The restriction only applies to works ''specifically designed'' to promote racism, sexism, religious hatred, etc. The Bible and the Koran contain both good things and bad things on the subject, so they can be included. (Besides, many entries from the Bible and the Koran would be important for understanding fictional entities or places with the same names.) However, ''Birth of a Nation'' (for example) would not be OK, because it promotes a racist view of history with villainous African-Americans and heroic Klansmen. That clearer? [[User:Jeb|Jeb]] 22:01, 6 June 2006 (CDT) | ||
| − | Incidentally, religioustolerance.org assembles all the verses that they could find regarding tolerance in the Bible here | + | Incidentally, religioustolerance.org assembles all the verses that they could find regarding tolerance in the Bible here. It wasn't buckets. |
http://www.religioustolerance.org/tol_bibl.htm | http://www.religioustolerance.org/tol_bibl.htm | ||
11:17, 7 June 2006 (CDT)~Enda80 | 11:17, 7 June 2006 (CDT)~Enda80 | ||
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Intolerant Works
MOA also forbids universes from works designed specifically to promote hate-mongering or ethnic/religious/societal intolerance of any kind.
So characters from the Bible and the Koran are prohibited? I can produce buckets of examples of intolerance from both.
20:45, 6 June 2006 (CDT)~Enda80
- And I could produce buckets of tolerance from both in response. The restriction only applies to works specifically designed to promote racism, sexism, religious hatred, etc. The Bible and the Koran contain both good things and bad things on the subject, so they can be included. (Besides, many entries from the Bible and the Koran would be important for understanding fictional entities or places with the same names.) However, Birth of a Nation (for example) would not be OK, because it promotes a racist view of history with villainous African-Americans and heroic Klansmen. That clearer? Jeb 22:01, 6 June 2006 (CDT)
Incidentally, religioustolerance.org assembles all the verses that they could find regarding tolerance in the Bible here. It wasn't buckets.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/tol_bibl.htm
11:17, 7 June 2006 (CDT)~Enda80
