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To: trisham
Isn’t this one of the reasons our soldiers are fighting? For freedom?

You probably need another argument.

The burn the koran preacher supports the protests at soldiers' funerals.

I think if you surveyed the soldiers, they would not claim to be fighting for people like that.

58 posted on 09/08/2010 6:03:14 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: earlJam

My argument is fine. Freedom of speech is one of the things at stake here.


59 posted on 09/08/2010 6:07:34 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: earlJam

“I think if you surveyed the soldiers, they would not claim to be fighting for people like that.”

I HAVE surveyed the soldiers, and they say that is EXACTLY they kind of thing they are fighting for. Freedom of speech is not reserved for speech that is commendable. We have to stand up for it even when it makes you sick.

Perhaps this preacher is proving a bigger point that although his act of burning the Koran is reprehensible, he is free to do so. As is the guy building a mosque at GZ. Neither are a good idea.


101 posted on 09/08/2010 6:59:04 AM PDT by Laulee
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