sjamesb3466
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What are they going to BBQ on this pile of korans
A pig maybe just to rub it in?
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Koran burning day ?
- Thread starter Malcolm Millichip
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A pig maybe just to rub it in?
- Jul 7, 2003
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This so called mosque, that isn't actually a mosque, isn't even on Ground Zero either. And frankly there must be official mosques all over New York, which people attend on a daily basis, but nobody suggests they're an insult to the memory of the dead.
It wasn't just Christians who died in the 9/11 attacks, but Muslims, Jews and probably some David Icke style religious cult members along the way too.
It wasn't just Christians who died in the 9/11 attacks, but Muslims, Jews and probably some David Icke style religious cult members along the way too.
hart's shirt
Well-known member
Ok - he'll do instead.
"Put him somewhere in the middle, but remember to leave some space at the top..."
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
'...and PRAYER ROOMS...''
But no its not a mosque...
I have a room in my house I use for spiritual contemplation at least once a day. In fact, I've just returned from there after a little quiet communing with my inner self.
And yes, I did wash my hands.
And no, it's not a mosque either.
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
- 9,972
'US lawmakers including Republican Representative Peter King of New York and independent US Senator Joseph Lieberman have sought evaluation of the sources of funding for the project, a 13-story glass and metal building that will house a swimming pool, daycare, lecture hall, and PRAYER ROOMS''
But no its not a mosque...
Every hospital in England has a prayer room does that mean they're all churches?
That phrase always reminds me of a T-shirt for a fake chinese laundry called Mr Wong with the slogan "TWO WONGS MAKE IT WHITE".
The retailer (A&F, bizarrely) was forced to withdraw it after protests in the US.
Anyway...
Tesco in Disguise
Where do we go from here?
correct. there's no excuse for mindless vilence.
frankly, i don't care what you do with the koran. use it for toilet paper if you want to. i hold it up with the same regard as other nonsense religious texts. but you have to remember, a lot of muslims are mental. it doesn't help that the faith is prevalent in the poorest areas of the world, but you KNOW they're going to go nuts. be the bigger man.
"what we have in our power to do, we have in our power not to do." - aristotle.
theonesmith
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- Oct 27, 2008
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[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIkgRLdWYQ[/yt]
theonesmith
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- Oct 27, 2008
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Is that even showing up? Linking to youtube from work = fail.
This should work.
GOM
living vicariously
Rightly or wrongly this person is perfectly entitled under US law to burn a book, or even several regardless of title. I believe it is also not illegal in this country.
What I find objectionable is that we are being held to ransom, and are being cowtowed into submission by those that fear the consequences.
We do not give in to blackmail in the west, at least at a governmental level, although there are obviously many individuals who would like to see our rights and freedoms suppressed just because we are threatened with violence and death should we excercise them.
There were many even in this country that advocated appeasement inthe past, and that is what it would be if we were to forcibly stop an individual from doing something that is not illegal.
Where would it end ?
We should never allow our freedoms and rights, gained after many centuries of sacrifice, to be taken away or prohibited because we fear the actions of others.
What I find objectionable is that we are being held to ransom, and are being cowtowed into submission by those that fear the consequences.
We do not give in to blackmail in the west, at least at a governmental level, although there are obviously many individuals who would like to see our rights and freedoms suppressed just because we are threatened with violence and death should we excercise them.
There were many even in this country that advocated appeasement inthe past, and that is what it would be if we were to forcibly stop an individual from doing something that is not illegal.
Where would it end ?
We should never allow our freedoms and rights, gained after many centuries of sacrifice, to be taken away or prohibited because we fear the actions of others.
I don't think we are being held to ransom. This attention seeker is not being prohibited from burning the Koran, but just because something is legal, it does not make it morally or ethically defensible.
Presumably you would also defend the right of Wendy Lewis, the classy bird who urinated on the Cenotaph the other week?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...woman-urinated-war-memorial-escapes-jail.html
Its the New Yorkers and the many families of the 9/11 victims you need to convince, not me.
GOM
living vicariously
It may or may not be morally or ethically defensible, but it is legal.
What I object to is not the defensibility of the action, but those that suggest that he shouldn't do it otherwise we/they/someone will riot and start killing people.
We are indeed being held to ransom. The price is surrender of our legal civil freedoms in return for not causing trouble/rioting/killing, in other words extortion and bullying. Some may just think of it as taking the easy option for a quiet life, but as I said where will it end ?
We should not be bullied into submission by threats by anyone.
I think most of us agree on your point regarding hard earned freedom.
However, this bloke is going to burn the Koran without thought for thousands of his OWN countrymen fighting in Afghanistan (and their families back at home) as a result of a policy formed by two successive democratically elected American governments.
