Posted on 04/05/2011 4:50:37 AM PDT by Scanian
As an American in the United States of America, you are allowed to do many things.
You can burn the flag. You can burn the Bible. You can produce obscene art and sometimes even get government money to finance it.
You can make movies and TV shows that ridicule Christianity, traditional morality, and that take the Lord's name in vain.
If anybody objects to this, you can just accuse him of trying to impose his values on others. Then start talking about the Salem Witch Trials and the Spanish Inquisition.
Yes, you can do all those things, and more.
But can you burn a Koran?
Yes, but maybe not for long.
Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Florida, became the target of world condemnation last year when he announced he would burn a copy of the Koran in protest.
President Obama didn't want him to do it. Neither did General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Actress/Activist Angelina Jolie spoke out against it. I'm still waiting for Angelina to speak out against anti-Christianity in Hollywood.
As a result of his plan to burn a Koran in the U.S.A., Terry Jones received death threats. His website was shut down. The mortgage on his church's property was called in and -- what a coincidence -- the church's property insurance was cancelled. The city of Gainesville threatened to charge the church for protection. And who knows what else happened behind the scenes? All this happened to a private group which wanted to burn a privately-owned book on private property.
What if the powers that be decide your private activity is objectionable ?
In the end, Jones decided not to burn the Koran.
That was seven months ago. But now, he and his group have finally...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Time to place a koran in a bottle of piss next to it. Pig piss.
Being on the same planet with moslems makes everyone "less safe".
Those sand rats don't need an excuse to act like the savages they are, it comes naturally.
And who gave him the “attention”? The media. What if I held a koran burning and nobody came? Would it be news? Would those savages even know what I was up to if the media just ignored my phone call announcing it?
Screw this, I’m sick and damned tired of compromising my rights as an American citizen because some in-bred savage half-way around the world is going to get his panties in a twist.
Take one to the range, and get everybody to empty a mag on it at once.
That is what I did on Nov 11 the past two years. I think it will be a long running tradition for me. That cover also makes a very good rifle target, if you add a big
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Incitement to illegal violence is not considered protected speech, nor should it be.
Cross-burning was classified, rightly or wrongly, by the Court as the equivalent of verbal or written incitement to kill people and as such not protected.
While I’m not sure I agree 100%, they have a good point.
****Where does one buy a koran and how much does one cost?****
Barnes and Nobel has them. Buy one if you wish. Then when you burn it, you will be burning your own PERSONAL PROPERTY. Who can fault you for burning trash?
Or you can do it a page at a time.
You can download a PDF of the Koran, but a word of caution, if you delete the file by placing it in the Recycle Bin, it automatically alerts people in Afghanistan that you deleted the file.
If we had the proper ROE in Afghanistan, nobody would have even heard of Pastor Jones, even if he burned 10,000 Korans in the middle of Florida Field at halftime of a Gator Football Game.
***I just googled the words “free Koran” and it looks like several links where they are giving them away.***
I believe the real koran to be burned has to be in arabic. English translations don’t count to the moslems.
That’s the slippery slope we’re on though. The instant that Americans start “compromising” on the 1st Amendment, we’re done.
It’s the 1st Amendment for a reason.
I’d rather focus on that, than some stupid pastor.
Consequences are one thing. Prohibition is something else.
“His website was shut down. The mortgage on his church’s property was called in and — what a coincidence — the church’s property insurance was cancelled. The city of Gainesville threatened to charge the church for protection.”
Well, yeah.
The website went from obscure to high traffic and undue problem for the ISP. Not what the hosting provider contracted for, ergo shutdown.
The church building is now at serious risk of arson. Pay up now, while there’s still something to pay for.
Likewise insurance: pastors are a low insurance risk, until one billions people want to kill him. Outside the contract, duly cancelled.
Extra police and fire and medical presence required now. Reasonable debate as to whether the local jurisdiction has to suck it up, or can charge him for undue needs.
That’s the consequences of such actions.
Outright ban, however, that hasn’t happened and is a very different issue if it does.
I’ve heard tell that September 11, 2011 is Worldwide Burn a Koran Day.
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