Burning any book is stupid.
Being afraid of ideas is the sign of an immature mind.
I agree wholeheartedly. Too much Bebelplatz about the whole thing. The proper response to bad books is to laugh at them, not burn them.
If that were the point of this demonstration, I’d agree with you. The point of this pastor seems to me to be that our leaders and the media feed us propaganda about how peaceful Islam is, in spite of evidence to the contrary. The fact that this proposed (hasn’t even happened yet) demonstration has the Muslim world and their apologists in an uproar proves the real point. That is a large and vocal contingent of Muslims are not tolerant at all of freedoms we hold, and will act disproportionately to anything they find offensive.
It's a publicity stunt. BO (and the rest of the MSM) is giving this "pastor" exactly what he wants.
Burning any book is stupid.
Being afraid of ideas is the sign of an immature mind.
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Think of it as a line in the sand... these people are thugs and sooner or later we must raze every mosque and xxxx every adult male Islamist that resides here .. It’s the only way ... we can’t have a competing government and legal structure within the gates... Islam is not a religon any more than Scientology is. They are dangerous , cannot be reasoned with and will not go away willingly. The word “Islam” means peace but in their dictionary it means what we would call submission... Islam isn’t just a blueprint for conquering the world and making us submit (ie. attain “peace”) , it places it’s practitioners (especially women) under the same brutal laws.
General Patton would know what needs to be done ... and this Kenyan in the White Hut may push us right up to the point that we must act. I say that because Islam and Obama share similar goals of an autocratic/socialist , “constitution free” USA.
This has zero to do with burning a book.
It has everything to do with demonstrating, once and for all, to the entire world, that Islam is NOT a religion of peace.
Were it so, this pastor, while being unpopular, would not be in any danger whatsoever. Nor would our troops.
This pastor is separating the quislings from those who recognize that we are already in a battle, whether we wanted to be or not.
This pastor is a genius, in my opinion.
Shouting "fire" in a crowded place is an 'idea' applied to action.
"Kill all the Jews" was an 'idea' that became action.
"Blacks are inferior to whites" was an idea that became laws & action.
Very often ideas lead to action. Ideas as well as actions can be evil. Evil ideas should be stopped before they become evil actions. Far fewer casualties that way.
The Koran is a book containing ideas AND calls to action. Some of these ideas are of a strictly religious nature. Many more of these ideas are overtly political and call for the overthrow of everything that forms the foundation of American society & government.
The Koran calls for the violent overthrow of non-Muslim culture and government. The Mosque promulgates these ideas, trains its members adhere to them and probably serves as armories for their soldiers.
No books have been burned, yet there are riots in Muslim countries as the simple suggestion that Korans might be burned.
The point is not burning a book full of lies.
The point is that Muslims insist on things being done their way, or they threaten violence. Sensible parents don’t accept that sort of behaviour in their two year-olds. Why should the world accept it in Muslims?