TheRealMafoo said:
Rath said:
TheRealMafoo said:
Sorry to keep posting these things, but....
"It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort," Gen. Petraeus said in an interview. "It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."
Is from that article linked above.
I am sorry, we really have things backwards here. We have a group of stupid people in Florida, who due to not liking a Mosque going up in NY, chose to burn some books. BFD, no one gets hurt, and some books go poof.
Now, in retaliation to this, we think some people around the world are going to take this information, and start killing people with it. So, one group burns books, and one group murders people, and we are apologetic about the morons in Florida?
This is like someone sticking there tong out at someone, and getting there face blown off for it, and taking the side of the guy who pulled the trigger.
If burning a book makes someone want to kill, I say bring it.
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You're missing the point entirely. Just because you (and I think all others on this board) strongly oppose one group in this conflict, the extremist Muslims, doesn't mean you have to support the idiots burning the Quran. Both groups are doing something wrong, yes the extremist Muslims are doing something much much more wrong - doesn't make the book burners right.
You shouldn't avoid burning the Quran out of fear of being hurt by Muslims, you should avoid burning the Quran because it's an entirely offensive and unnessecary gesture of hate.
Also comparing it to sticking the tongue out at somebody completely underestimates the level of offensiveness of this, there isn't really anything left in Western culture that lives up to the level of offensiveness because we've become pretty thick skinned (mostly due to free speech) but the closest would probably be calling a black person by the 'N' word. Don't take this as condoning their violence or threats by the way, it's not, but I completely understand their anger.
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So if I called someone the 'N" word, and he shot me in the face, that's understandable?
No, I specifically said I didn't condone violence or threats, both for the N word and for burning the Quran. Re-read my post. I do understand their anger though, which in my opinion should be expressed through peaceful protest.
Come on. I get sick of the US and our culture always being the ones that are "wrong", when the worst we do as a people is voice our opinion and demonstrate.
In this case both groups are wrong, the people using violence are much more wrong but that doesn't stop the people burning Qurans from being wrong as well.
You don't see Christian Extremist groups heading over to the middle east and blowing shit up.
No you don't. Doesn't mean that doing acts of hate less than blowing shit up is a good thing though.
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