* patio11 is, afaik, a practicing Catholic.

* patio11 contributes a great deal to this site.

* He probably has a thick skin about it, but comments like that are probably not something he likes or will encourage him to use a site.

My conclusion is that anything that takes us that far off topic should be flagged because it may have a negative impact on the value I get from the site. I came here to talk about startups and hacking, not religion or politics.

I don't see how that follows.

- An atheist.