I think the picture is more mixed. OTOH, you have brutal wars of religion. On the other, you have truces of God, distinctions between combatants and non-combatants, Just War theory, and religious bui… (View Post)

Forcing one’s beliefs on the rest of the nation is exactly what politicians of all stripes do. (View Post)

We assume a level of authority over animals that we would not assume over people. (View Post)

There are problems with the process State, but the Supreme Court has been even-handed in using the Equality Act to protect people with traditional religious beliefs and gender-critical feminists (not… (View Post)

I’d add in, the growth in the power of the State to raise armies. Peasants could survive an army 5-10,000 soldiers foraging in a district, far better than 30,000. Medieval laws of war were flouted as… (View Post)