Just a Thought...

The real test of a community, is not whether it harbours extremists, nor how many extremists it harbours. There are always selfish and narrow-minded people who will seek to promote their own interests with disregard for others. The real test of a community is how diligent the majority is in containing and neutralizing the fundamentalists among them. How scrupulous it is to denounce offensive viewpoints declared in its name. How methodical it is in isolating fringe groups and excluding them from positions of authority.

Spiritual laziness is therefore the death knell for any group as it will quickly be over-run by a lunatic fringe intent on using communal resources for its own agenda.