>>19
Nobody said it did. But reading is not just the mechanical action of interpreting letters. An intelligent and skilled reader makes an effort to understand the text without "filling in the blanks" he perceives as a result of his own prejudices.
>>16 did not assert or imply anything at all about athiesm, communism, anti-facism, or racism, but
>>17 's mind was incapable of interpreting the statement in any other context; just accepting it as it was, because his mind is conditioned to see everything
within the context of his
own narrow perspective. Here's another quote for you:
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-Aristotle
This sort of closed minded arrogance is the major problem with this board, and the world in general.