I can hear the liberal rants now - "what kind of extremist," "what a moron," "remove this post," BLAH, BLAH - READ THE FULL POST, BEFORE MAKING A JUDGMENT!!!
A minister in Florida wants to burn some Quran/Koran books. Lest we forget - a book is PAPER WITH INK ON IT!!!!! I will make a linguistic, a technological and logical statement to make this ALL TO CLEAR!!!
1 - linguistic) The Quran/Koran does not entirely consist of its entirety in some paper in Florida. If the pieces of paper in Florida are burnt to coals...the Quran/Koran will still exist in the world.
2 - technological) I don't know entirely about the Quran/Koran, but the Bible exists on-line on the Internet. You can get the Bible on CD, DVD, hard disk etc. I don't think some guy burning a paper Quran/Koran in Florida will wipe out those who follow the Quran/Koran or the content/message of the Koran or any copies found throughout the world.
3 - logical) "paper copy of Koran in Florida" != "all Korans throughout the world"
Now, here is my problem and here is where I ask if ALL Muslims need to be wiped off the face of the planet?! I can see Petraeus and the "State Dept." saying that the burning of a Koran in Florida could cause violence to US soldiers around the world and hurts US reception around the world. Here is where my problem lies...does the US make policy based upon some nut jobs resorting to violence? That the US gov't has responded in such a way can only lead to the question..."If Jews/Christians/Buddhists/Hindus resorted to violence at the drop of a hat - or burning of their sacred documents, would the US give them a special place and respond with policy that is different, because of the threat of violence?" Would some religious group get special treatment from the US government, if they threated to actively and massively killed all Muslims - based on some Muslim group burning one of their sacred documents? Some Dutch cartoonist makes fun of Mohhamed - death threats and violence by the Muslims. A MUSLIM writes a book contrary to Islam - death threats and violence - Salmon Rushdi. The Muslims have problems with resistance to a mosque in lower Manhattan. Do they have the same concern that you can't build a NEW synagogue/church/Hindu temple in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.??????? What if the West imposed an "inverted Sharia" - a Muslim man's testimony in court only counts for a half of a non-Muslims testimony. Rape a Muslim woman - she has to have four Muslims testify as eyewitnesses. A Muslim woman's testimony only would count for 1 fourth of the testimony of a Western man's testimony? Do we see the Muslims in the West protesting for such treatment? It is THEIR religion that calls for such things in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.? Justice is justice, no????
-gastropod
A minister in Florida wants to burn some Quran/Koran books. Lest we forget - a book is PAPER WITH INK ON IT!!!!! I will make a linguistic, a technological and logical statement to make this ALL TO CLEAR!!!
1 - linguistic) The Quran/Koran does not entirely consist of its entirety in some paper in Florida. If the pieces of paper in Florida are burnt to coals...the Quran/Koran will still exist in the world.
2 - technological) I don't know entirely about the Quran/Koran, but the Bible exists on-line on the Internet. You can get the Bible on CD, DVD, hard disk etc. I don't think some guy burning a paper Quran/Koran in Florida will wipe out those who follow the Quran/Koran or the content/message of the Koran or any copies found throughout the world.
3 - logical) "paper copy of Koran in Florida" != "all Korans throughout the world"
Now, here is my problem and here is where I ask if ALL Muslims need to be wiped off the face of the planet?! I can see Petraeus and the "State Dept." saying that the burning of a Koran in Florida could cause violence to US soldiers around the world and hurts US reception around the world. Here is where my problem lies...does the US make policy based upon some nut jobs resorting to violence? That the US gov't has responded in such a way can only lead to the question..."If Jews/Christians/Buddhists/Hindus resorted to violence at the drop of a hat - or burning of their sacred documents, would the US give them a special place and respond with policy that is different, because of the threat of violence?" Would some religious group get special treatment from the US government, if they threated to actively and massively killed all Muslims - based on some Muslim group burning one of their sacred documents? Some Dutch cartoonist makes fun of Mohhamed - death threats and violence by the Muslims. A MUSLIM writes a book contrary to Islam - death threats and violence - Salmon Rushdi. The Muslims have problems with resistance to a mosque in lower Manhattan. Do they have the same concern that you can't build a NEW synagogue/church/Hindu temple in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.??????? What if the West imposed an "inverted Sharia" - a Muslim man's testimony in court only counts for a half of a non-Muslims testimony. Rape a Muslim woman - she has to have four Muslims testify as eyewitnesses. A Muslim woman's testimony only would count for 1 fourth of the testimony of a Western man's testimony? Do we see the Muslims in the West protesting for such treatment? It is THEIR religion that calls for such things in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.? Justice is justice, no????
-gastropod