This is where I completely disagree. The 'jackass preacher' is not irrelevant in the least. It is his self-centered reckless behavior that has put our troops in further danger and made their job even more difficult, and that is why General Petraeus felt he needed to address the issue.
I appreciate your apology for bringing the Nazis into it, but since you did, they are the prime example of the purpose of book burning, and for me, that is not something that can be set aside as 'irrelevant.'
It is hideous behavior in and of itself, but when it is done deliberately with the cognizance that it will further endanger our troops, it is beyond the pale.
The "jackass preacher" is at the core.
No analogy is perfect, but for the record, the infamous nazi book burning on Unter den Linden occurred on 5/10/33 (IIRC). Hitler was already in position. Nothing like a private citizen doing what just about everyone concedes is gauche.
It’s only censorship when the govt does it; and it’s only hideous then too.
When some jackass preacher does it, it carries no moral force sufficient to launch personal responsibility.
See post 313, re the rapist defense.
Really?
We have been told NUMEROUS times that the Islamoterrorists are EXPERTS on the internet, social networking, etc. This preacher burned HIS copy of the Koran TWO WEEKS AGO.
Let me repeat: TWO WEEKS AGO. Not yesterday or the day before. TWO WEEKS AGO.
If the actions of this little known preacher were the catastrophic trigger causing our soldiers to be in ‘more’ danger than they already are, then WHY the time frame? Look at the person placing your child and the rest of our brave military in “more” danger...it’s NOT this rinky dink preacher that God has used to expose, as someone else put it, the liberals among the conservatives...I would suggest you turn your eyes toward to White House for those answers. Bottom line: OBAMA and PETRAEUS have betrayed their oaths to the United States of America. :*(