http://www.keywestlou.com/2010/09/day-of-remembrance.html
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Then there is this minister who wants to burn the Quran. In poor taste, also. But…..the Muslims burn my flag and hang my President in effigy. So why not!
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A few reasons why not:
(1) This is America and we have religious tolerance. It affords us a measure of peace that is not enjoyed elsewhere. We don’t need to import that problem. Especially not due to the action of some pastor of a no name Church with 30 members.
(2) When teams go into a game, you don’t give your opponent “bulletin board” material. Stuff to motivate them to strive harder. Our boys and girls, some mere children, are in <Expletive Deleted> harm’s way and this bozo is making it more dangerous. I’d think every vet in his vicinity would explain the facts of life to him. With or without tar and feathers as necessary.
(3) There probably is no more stupid act than to burn a book. Any book. It represents the DNA of humanity. Even it’s totally wrong (i.e., the Earth is flat); it’s important in it shows the errors in our thinking at that point in time. Too much dikw (i.e., data, information, knowledge, wisdom) is lost; we don’t need to make it an acceptable activity. Ever. Besides isn’t that what Nazis do?
(4) If he wants to burn something, try a politician. (Just joking, I’m a Right to Life fellow who abhors the death penalty.) Not only did the Gooferment fail to protect 4,000 Americans on 9/11, they have failed to lead us. I blogged today how we should have had a national priority to rebuild the twin towers with an extra ‘middle finger” building in the middle, that was one story taller than the old buildings, and align it to face the Middle East. (I’m a little L libertarian; not a pacifist. I don’t start fights; I finish them!)
So we should tell this bozo to put a cork in his gas can. And, if someone overseas wants to burn the President in effigy, we should send them some more effigies of other “political leaders” to throw on the pyre. Saves us the gas.
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