Oh Please. Cut the crap.
Americans have a higher tolerance for other people's religions and beliefs than any other country in the world. It is even codified into our military regulations. I challenge you to show me any other country that would even do that, or even pay lip service to it. Certainly not the barbarous animals that slowly saw off people's heads while chanting how great their God is.
And what is with this "trying to minimize desecration of a holy book" garbage? Desecration how? Not handling the book with gloves? I suppose you take the word of those barbaric savages being held in Gitmo? Or perhaps the accusations of Amnesty International?
We treat our prisoners better than any country has ever treated it's prisoners. You show me anything to the contrary.
As for the revocation of your posting privileges, they don't do that if you disagree or have a contrarian view. They do it if you are being a troll, using foul language, condoning violence or breaking any of the written rules.
If you piss off a moderator to the point they just don't like you and kick you, well that is too bad as well. This is a privately owned web site, and they can exercise their freedom of association by kicking you if they don't like your name, if they so desire.
You must be doing something wrong if your posts get continually pulled. I doubt if it is because you simply disagree. I have been on here long enough to see the lay of the land, and they don't boot you because you like Ted Kennedy and are a socialist. They boot you if you are being deliberately incendiary for the sake of stirring things up. From the wording of your most recent post, I can see why some might like you kicked, but that isn't enough for a moderator to pull your posts.
I only posted two comments ever on this board. Neither used a single profanity. I don't consider myself an agitator; I just read everyone's usually interesting posts and reply when I have a relevant comment to make. I don't know what a "troll" is, but I don't imagine that I am one. Anyway, this is not the board to be discussing this, but believe me, I wrote nothing that would justify my posting privileges being revoked, but they were.
I totally agree with you that Americans have a higher tolerance for other people's religions and beliefs. That was really the whole point of my post--that this is what makes us great and what we need to maintain. I also agree that we can't expect zero misdeeds from our servicemen since they are, after all, human. However, I am just worried that the military is slipping. Does it not appear to you that the military is losing its admirable discipline? The military's most important asset is its discipline and professionalism.
By the way, I would like to know how other posters here feel about the following comment made above: "You thould think why they are so cocky and killed Van Gogh when they are only a 6% minority. These are Quranimals. We will never understand them. We don't have to, killing them all will suffice." Is he referring to all Muslims, or just those in Afghanistan, or perhaps just those in Gitmo? Is this attitude justified toward any of them? Or was this just a joke?
Anyway, thanks for civility from the majority of you. Most of you did not call me "you fool" for expressing my opinion. ;)