Do two wrongs make a right?

The Corner‘s Mark Krikorian had a pretty terrible post yesterday on the Swiss vote to ban the building of minarets.  Citing an Istanbulite’s (yes I looked that up) suggestion, in a WSJ article, that Turkey should consider closing down its churches following the Swiss vote, Krikorian finds it “unbelievable” that Muslims would be upset given that Turkey has closed down numerous christian places of worship in its long history.

Of course, the closure of churches decades and even centuries ago, for which the interviewed Istanbulite was not in any way responsible cannot possibly be grounds for dismissing his concern that the Swiss vote is an infringement on freedom of religion.  Right?  While for an ideological reactionary two wrongs may make a right, certainly in public philosophy this is not the case.

-Marc

Related posts:

  1. More on Minarets
  2. Paid religious holidays
  3. Miranda rights and wrongs
  4. A minaret too far
  5. Banning the burqa

December 1, 2009 · Filed Under Faith, Marc

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