Anybody planning on participating? If so why? If not why not? Personally I choose not to. It's an exercise in hate. Not what this country is supposed to be about. Sure, we have our rights and freedoms but stupidity is stupidity. I've looked at this from both left and right points of views and it actually seems the majority of Americans and even competing networks agree to some point on this one. STUPID. Plain and simple. Terry Jones is an idiot. He hopes nothing "tragical" becomes of his stunt. Cripes, the rectal wonder can't even speak the English language somewhat properly. He expresses some concern about how this may affect our troops overseas. Does he really? Hell, he's not there and, if I'm not mistaken, neither are his kids or any loved ones. Even that doesn't matter as far as that goes. He just doesn't give a damn IMHO. A fire I'd like to start? My butt, the best fart I could ever let and a lighter. Right in Terry Jone's face. Hold a Quran in front of your face dude. Might actually save you.
I have no respect for anyone who would participate in the burning of a religious text. Sure, they have the right to do so but I also have the right to think of them as extremist and intolerant individuals.
Me I back the opinion of this man, I think he might know what he is talking about dont you guy's? General petraeus on burning the quran "Images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan — and around the world — to inflame public opinion and incite violence. Such images could, in fact, be used as were the photos from Abu Gharyb. And this would, again, put our troopers and civilian in jeopardy and undermine our efforts to accomplish the critical mission here in Afghanistan."
Oh yeah....great idea. Let's just p*ss off, taunt, and further add fuel to a dangerous fire towards people that already want to exterminate everyone else. Possibly a good economic boost for us though. There's buckets of cash to me made from war and other people's dead kids. Ask the republicans.
So which is the current President going for with his ramping up the war in Afghanistan? Economic boost? or cash from dead kids?
Far as I know...Afghanistan was US occupied before Obama took office. He just finished Bush's mess in Iraq. One thing at a time. Sheesh.
So you saying that burning a Koran is more likely to piss off the radical Islamic jihadists than actually waging war against them? Those are some critical thinking skills you have there. Did they teach you that in the circus?
I am pretty sure the current President is mostly just following the SOFA that was already in place in Iraq since 2008. Kids are still dying there, though, so 'finished' is a little subjective, I think. Kind of like the good old Mission Accomplished from the last guy. In Afghanistan, he has upped the ante since taking office and more kids are dying there than ever before. Or maybe it isn't about the kids dying and he is just looking for an economic boost since the economy is where he is losing his butt with the electorate.
How is it that Obama supports the Ground Zero Mosque, as a basic Constitutional freedom, but says that Terry Jones should cancel the Koran burning event this weekend? I see a direct contradiction there, that Obama can support the Constitutional right for Muslims to offend Christians, but he will not support the Constitutional right for Christians to offend Muslims. This is what makes us American. I don't like it when I see people burning a US Flag. I'd like to punch them in the face. But, I don't, I think it's protected political speech. I think burning Korans is protected speech. This whole issue is dripping with irony. Muslims want to kill everyone about this, but they think it's A-OK to burn US Flags, . But, if anyone even thinks about burning a Koran, all Hell breaks loose in the Muslim world. Now, I would never personally burn a Koran, a Flag, a Bible, or a Child. I would, on the other hand support every citizen in the US to have the right to burn the Koran, the Flag, and the Bible, but not children. The reaction by the Muslims to this just shows us their true colors. I don't think we should for a single moment kowtow to them. They are the ones who are in the wrong, not Terry Jones.
Obama loves to swing at those pitches in the dirt. My problem with this whole thing is why is it even being covered by the news media. Some crackpot with a congregation of 50 people wants to burn a Koran in protest. Who cares! I hope he accidentally burns his church down in the process.
I do not believe which side of this thing we are on. What BO said was "....is completely contrary to our values as Americans". While I completely agree with what he said, why he is sticking his nose in here completely escapes me. As if he has not got his nose bloodied enough, he is going to try again.
I'd like to know why Obama feels he has to comment on every friggin' news blip. Now he says he wont 'cause that idiot Iman said he wont build the mosque. But wait... Latest is this preacher is now going to burn the books, maybe. Because he was ''clearly lied to''.
It means that just because one has the right to do something....doesn't make it the right thing to do. Perfectly logical IMO. All anybody has to do is ask themselves what the "right" thing to do indeed is. If everybody did the "right" thing versus what they are allowed to do, we probably wouldn't be on the verge of societal and economic collapse. Everybody knows what the right thing to do is when they hear it. IF folks listen to it instead of justifying it, you know, follow your conscience kinda thing.......doesn't happen though. CASH is the right thing to do now. It's just "business". We can drink away that pesky conscience or drug it away and as always.. MORE cash. Nero was a republican I believe.
Suggesting a possible motive to Obama's intention that is being (guess what) criticized for (that's different).
The Obama administration is ‘concerned’ about a planned September 11 Koran burning by Pastor Terry Jones. Koran burning, apparently a far more controversial than Saudi Arabia confiscating Bibles and arresting individuals who have more than one Bible with a penalty which could mean jail time or a public lashing. What happens to the Bibles confiscated by the Saudi government? According to sources, the Bibles are shredded. People caught inside Saudi Arabia who have more than one Bible, arrested. The penalty, lashing. Saudi Arabia ruled by Shariah law, laws based on the interpretation of the Koran. The outrage from the Obama administration on the issue of the Saudi government confiscating Bibles owned by Christians, people arrested then sentenced to a public lashing: Zero, zilch, nada. Items and articles belonging to religions other than Islam are also prohibited. These may include among other thins Bibles, crucifixes, statues, carvings, items with religious symbols such as the Star of David, and others. This week, Danny Nalliah, an evangelical pastor born in Sri Lanka, who during the 1990s, spent two years in Saudi Arabia, in an interview said: “It’s a very well-known fact that if you have a Bible at customs when you enter the airport, and if they find the Bible, that the Bible is taken and put in the shredder.” “If you have more than one Bible you will be taken into custody and if you have a quantity of Bibles you will be given 70 lashes for sure – you could even be executed.” Another witness, a friend of his, a fellow Christian in Saudi Arabia, reported about a Catholic nun, who was in a transit lounge at the airport in Jeddah – the gateway to Mecca, used by millions of Hajj pilgrims each year – when at a custom desk she experienced an ungracious incident. “They opened her bag, went through her prayer book, put the prayer book through the shredder … took the crucifix off her neck and smashed it, tormented her for many minutes.”
Good point! What else should we expect from someone whose base beliefs about the United States comes from Saul Alinksy and whose base views regarding Christianity come from Jeremiah Wright?
