Better Whisper Some Things

The moment the guard turned from the cell door, Rav, the man he had closed in, put his forefinger to his lips, sat beside Lodz on the bottom bunk and whispered, "We shall have to whisper some things -- in case we slip into something, know what I mean?"
"I'm surprised that they put you in the cell with me," Lodz said aloud.
"They're probably being nice, hoping to make us more pliable," Rav said aloud, then leaned close and whispered, "The cell is probably bugged.  They know that we represent different factions and hope that we will argue and let something slip."  Aloud he said, "They know that your people and mine support a different soccer team --"
"I don't care if they hear me, they've already called me an extremist.  You and I know the same emotional stress of joy or sorrow as the players when our team wins or loses, but eventually we calm down, looking forward to the next contest.  Each team has its coach, the head, so neither you or I have anything to do with them winning or losing.  The head and millions of supporters hold the teams together.  Soccer doesn't hold us together --"

Rave wagged his forefinger at Lodz, then put it to his lips and whispered, "I believe as you that just as there are many different teams under the name of soccer, there are many factions under the name of our religion.  We have these factions, but we all call God by the same name.  If a faction of our religion gets into a war with people of another religion, as one soccer team with another, we naturally feel a degree of comfort or sorrow, dependent on whether our faction or the enemy loses or wins a battle.  In addition, let us recognize that our religion and soccer don't exist out in space but in countries, states, and cities on Earth and our quarrels and fights affect political bodies and their constituents.  Some of these politicians are so foolish, so afraid we will accuse them of criticizing our religion that even though factions of our religion are terrorizing our own people and people of other religions they will not call these factions religious terrorists --"

"If any religion is beyond criticism, then where in the hell did all these factions and different  interpretations of 'holy' words come from?"
"You know I don't believe in this violence -- " he stopped and continued in a whisper, "but I can't condemn it publicly because that opens the door for others to attack our wonderful religion -- now you understand why I said we'd better whisper some things?"