EXACTLY. Why SHOULD she have to worry about offending
Muslims? Nobody worries about offending Christians, Buddists, Hindus,
Wiccans or any other religion - not here in the USA at any rate.
Yeah symbols have power. But why does anyone who is not a muslim think that the koran has any special place or privilege above and beyond any other symbol? Why is it protected more than any other "sacred" book in the world, even by non-muslims? Why does it have that power HERE in the United States? Would you feel fear for burning a Bible? Would you fear the wrath of a fatwa issued from the Pope? Would you be afraid that hordes of stampeding Jews would batter down your door and beat you senseless if you burned a Torah or the Israeli flag? We certainly don't feel fear from the government (yet) for burning an American Flag. Many people do it all the time. Because the physicality of the flag DOES NOT MATTER. It's the idea that it represents that matters. I would never burn an American Flag. But someone else wants to? Fine, I'll shrug and consider them an idiot and an asshole and move on. Doesn't bother me.
I SHOULD be able to burn a Koran. Just like I should be able to burn a
Bible. Or a Torah. Or the Mahabharata. Or the American Flag. Or the Canadian Flag. Or any
other damn thing that is "sacred" to some nation or sect on this planet.
Not because I actually want to. Not because it's in good taste. Not because it's right. But because NO
ONE should have a "right" not to be offended. No sect should be able to
blackmail society like this with death threats just because they are
offended!
Why did the pastor who threatened to burn a Koran get LOUDLY denounced
by everyone in this country? Was it because they thought he was wrong?
Maybe it was wrong. It certainly was in poor taste. But I don't think
that is the real reason at all. I think it's
because they were afraid. And the more people act this way, the more
death threats will be issued. The more people will have to go into
hiding.
"If you pay the Danegeld, you will never be rid of the Dane."
Admit it Spud, you are afraid of Muslims and what they will do
if "incited". I see it in your words. "She should have
known not to do that." ... "Was it worth her life?"
To draw those cartoons?
I ask do you think it SHOULD be worth her life? WHY should she have to EXPECT her life to be in danger?
I find that kind of thinking disgusting. Cowardly. You should be ashamed for thinking that way.
Damn it! Do NOT live in fear!
"Lan Astaslem". In Arabic, it means "I will not surrender. I will not
submit." It is the only Arabic phrase I consider worth knowing.
In practical terms, it means, "I will not be muslim."
I'm a Texan, and to me it means "Bring it on!"
I want it on a T-Shirt. I want to wear it in public. Why? Because "they" have said I should not. And "they" are afraid.
And I aim to misbehave.
Muslims? Nobody worries about offending Christians, Buddists, Hindus,
Wiccans or any other religion - not here in the USA at any rate.
Yeah symbols have power. But why does anyone who is not a muslim think that the koran has any special place or privilege above and beyond any other symbol? Why is it protected more than any other "sacred" book in the world, even by non-muslims? Why does it have that power HERE in the United States? Would you feel fear for burning a Bible? Would you fear the wrath of a fatwa issued from the Pope? Would you be afraid that hordes of stampeding Jews would batter down your door and beat you senseless if you burned a Torah or the Israeli flag? We certainly don't feel fear from the government (yet) for burning an American Flag. Many people do it all the time. Because the physicality of the flag DOES NOT MATTER. It's the idea that it represents that matters. I would never burn an American Flag. But someone else wants to? Fine, I'll shrug and consider them an idiot and an asshole and move on. Doesn't bother me.
I SHOULD be able to burn a Koran. Just like I should be able to burn a
Bible. Or a Torah. Or the Mahabharata. Or the American Flag. Or the Canadian Flag. Or any
other damn thing that is "sacred" to some nation or sect on this planet.
Not because I actually want to. Not because it's in good taste. Not because it's right. But because NO
ONE should have a "right" not to be offended. No sect should be able to
blackmail society like this with death threats just because they are
offended!
Why did the pastor who threatened to burn a Koran get LOUDLY denounced
by everyone in this country? Was it because they thought he was wrong?
Maybe it was wrong. It certainly was in poor taste. But I don't think
that is the real reason at all. I think it's
because they were afraid. And the more people act this way, the more
death threats will be issued. The more people will have to go into
hiding.
"If you pay the Danegeld, you will never be rid of the Dane."
Admit it Spud, you are afraid of Muslims and what they will do
if "incited". I see it in your words. "She should have
known not to do that." ... "Was it worth her life?"
To draw those cartoons?
I ask do you think it SHOULD be worth her life? WHY should she have to EXPECT her life to be in danger?
I find that kind of thinking disgusting. Cowardly. You should be ashamed for thinking that way.
Damn it! Do NOT live in fear!
"Lan Astaslem". In Arabic, it means "I will not surrender. I will not
submit." It is the only Arabic phrase I consider worth knowing.
In practical terms, it means, "I will not be muslim."
I'm a Texan, and to me it means "Bring it on!"
I want it on a T-Shirt. I want to wear it in public. Why? Because "they" have said I should not. And "they" are afraid.
And I aim to misbehave.