Quote from oktiri:
I'm a REAL Muslim & I've just read some of the most uninformed disturbing load of crap I've ever had a chance to stumble upon on the internet..& that's a lot to say.
Pastor Jones should be free to burn the Quran if that makes him happy, I don't give a rat's ass & I don't feel in the least offended by it. I've long ditched the paper version for an iPad "App" & actually burning the Quran is one of the few recommended methods of disposing of it. If they'll pay shipping, I'll send them a couple I've got lying around.
The few wackos who'll protest & go apeshit about it represent as much % of the larger Islamic population as Mr Jones congregation is representative of mainstream american Christians (What ? 50 in a sea of 300 Million Americans.) There is no such thing as a "war of civilizations," There is a manufactured conflict whose continuation makes possible enormous defense budgets (with its own beneficiaries), a tight grip of pro-Israel likudnik neocons on US foreign policy, sometimes against US strategic interests....& reason to grandstand & self-glorify for a few losers in the islamic world who have long been marginalized & represent nothing but the tiniest of fringes since this great religion was born (our own version of pastor(s) Jones)
Pastor Jones is an uninformed bigoted asshole & an attention whore (not unlike al Qaeda suicide bombers & their goodbye "tapes" ) & by all accounts, just look at the media attention, a brilliant "strategist / marketer"...but then so are those few islamists bent on spewing innocent blood & sucking everybody into a "crusade" like conflict. We're in the age of marketing by terrorism or sex tape. it's the only things that still get any attention from our attention span challenged "journalists"
Let's face it, The media is an industry whose profit are driven by ratings. They don't care about moderates on both sides...because , well ,they're "boring", very much so...... inflammatory behavior drives ratings & it all flows from there. Mr Jones & Mr Bin Laden BOTH need each other to thrive.
Here's my advice to you all. Get a Muslim friend. or even better, get your ass on a plane & go visit a mainstream Muslim country (Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Malaysia...... )hopefully you'll get to see that Muslims are just like you with the same aspirations, feelings, dreams, fears...& love.) It'll be the best 1k $ you've ever spent. will make you sleep better at night.
if you're in DFW area, private message me. I might even carve some time to share a coffee with you....if that can help.
you've been fed so much bullshit from Foxnews, you've turned paranoid.
@Rearden
Get off the Hallucinogenic mushrooms.