The Question Is: Whose Books Are You Burning?

American Thinker ^ | Sept 9, 2010 | Ann Kane

[Rashputin]

President Obama when giving a speech at Georgetown University, a Catholic institution, had all images and symbols of Jesus Christ covered so as not to show up in his video frame.

"In coordinating the logistical arrangements for yesterday's event, Georgetown honored the White House staff's request to cover all of the Georgetown University signage and symbols behind Gaston Hall stage," Julie Green Bataille, associate vice president for communications at Georgetown, told CNSNews.com."

Muslims burning down Catholic churches in Sudan and Nigeria is commonplace according to African priests who visited my parish this past year. One of the priests said the people had just built themselves a new church, and worshipped in it for a few months before it was leveled. Where is the Vatican's outrage on these horrendous crimes?

So, the issue has nothing to do with whether someone should be allowed to burn a sacred text, but it has everything to do with the group you are offending. If you're Christian, you can forget the powerful elites coming to your aid when your church is trashed or your crucifixes are covered up. Apparently, in present day America, all religions are not equal; as a matter of fact, the scales are tipping toward Mecca.

[Rashputin]

I don't recall the White House ever requesting that Islamic references and sayings be covered up when Barry spoke at a Muslim gathering, yet Georgetown is requested to do so. Does anyone know of an occasion where Barry spoke and there were symbols of Islam clearly in evidence?

[Jeff Chandler]

Islam is rather iconoclastic.

[combat_boots]

Cairo. Istanbul. Somalia.

I wanna see Jerusalem. The skull cap (yarmuka??) will probably have the Arabic inscription on the top of the Dome of the Rock: (paraphrase) God Has no son. Maybe it’ll be hidden on its underside, along with relevant sayings from the Koran.

[EyeGuy]

I’d like to burn the overrated doggerel that is “Gravity’s Rainbow”.

[Jeff Chandler]

Except for those (phallicly insecure) minarets.

[Le Chien Rouge]

All religions are equal.

Some more equal than others.

[Monkey Face]

Georgetown should never have caved to such an insult to Christianity. What a bunch of cowards.

[massgopguy]

I’m burning Fahrenheit 451.......

[Monkey Face]

They have minarets because their pee-pees are so little. They need a mirror and a pair of tweezers to find it.

[RummyChick]

I think the Pastor should do a day of Burning Al Gore’s movie.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Book burning isn’t what it used to be. It’s not as if you could actually destroy every copy of any controversial book.
The quran’s on the web. Download a copy and fry it in your recycle bin.
Too mild? Download, print, and videotape tossing it in your fireplace (or birdcage, or whatever) and put it on youtube.

However, if you’re going to do something public, I recommend you also read the quran out loud. There are passages people need to hear, to appreciate fully what you’re doing.

[Logic n' Reason]

My Dad once burned one of my Superman comic books; he used it as kindling for a fire in the fireplace.

Oh the humanity!!!!!

[Logic n' Reason]

My Dad once burned one of my Superman comic books; he used it as kindling for a fire in the fireplace.

Oh the humanity!!!!!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I’d like to burn the overrated doggerel that is “Gravity’s Rainbow”

I would lead the cheering!

[paulycy]

I recommend you also read the quran out loud.

Great idea. Read a few lines of hate, tear out the page and throw it on the burner.

Excellent.

[sten]

wasn’t there something about denying the Lord when asked

somehow, i see a parallel

[JimSEA]

If anyone is asking me the title question, I might consider burning Das Kapital, Mien Kampf and Mao's Little Red Book. I wouldn't do it in the end because, like the Koran, people need to know just what those books contain and what their adherents are thinking.

[DoughtyOne]

Amen

[AngelesCrestHighway]

With all this interest and discussion, I am starting to think it would be a great idea to burn the Quran on Saturday in my back yard in protest to what happened to over 3000 of my fellow citizens on 9/11. Afterall, Muslims cheered in the streets when the twin towers came down. They need to show a little tolerance at our rage!

[DoughtyOne]

That’s why a broad spread burning is uncalled for. A single burning event gets the message across and leaves the information about what is contained in the book everywhere else.