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So, everyone, please shut up about the Quran-burning religious nuts at that ridiculous church (who at least don't behead or imprison people of other faiths for not being of their own). The freedom to be insensitive to others is part and parcel of freedom of speech. It's no different when talking about building mosques at Ground Zero; burning American flags; or whatever. Feel free to protest and even despise what you don't approve of.
Personally, I am far less offended by their insensitivity than I am by the flag-burning, America-hating subset of the political left (who believe in free speech for themselves and their special interests; but not for you if you disagree with them). In fact, they will defend to the death their right to keep you silent.
Or, to model himself after one specific clueless leftist moron, perhaps Terry Jones could just put the Quran in the dirt somewhere and stomp on it? [link]
题目: Re: So, everyone, please shut up about the Quran-burning religious nuts at that ridiculous church (who at least don't behead or imprison people of other faiths for not being of their own)
Artful Dodger: Actually we do in the west.. or at least get others to do it for us. So it has been throughout the cold war that was, and now.. even today in the name of Capitalism and defence of our realms we still torture and kill or supply to those through arms deals the means to which people can and will be killed.
"The freedom to be insensitive to others is part and parcel of freedom of speech."
But is it the responsible Christian thing to do? Justifying that others are doing it so we might as well is stupid. That in that act of burning the Qur'an soldiers and other lives will be more at risk through those using religion as a means to recruit angry people to fight and kill?
"Cuz they are a peaceful religion."
And since when has Christians not engaged in war, or used the Christian faith as a way of justifying a war, mass murder or genocide??