The moron who burned the Koran

[biboy96]

I know it's a while since this happened, but what do you think of his actions?

[iangillan]

Further proof that Christians can be assholes same as the Muslim fanatics in NYC.Moronic hatred is the same,just the result is different.

[biboy96]

totally agree with you ;)
The first norwegian female war pilot got her head chopped off because of it....

[Magus]

Fuck the Quran, what? What? Did you know the actual way to dispose the Quran is to pee on it and shoot it?

You can pee on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kjmy4Rwu00&skipcontrinter=1
You can poop on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxnOiR2RXzc Of course, censored with that pooping part.

You can do whatever with it. What? It's called Freedom of fucking Speech. Like it or not.

I will Burn the Bible, I will burn the Quran, I will burn the Vedas, I will burn the book of Shadows, I will burn whatever the fuck I want, and express whatever I want.

Religious hate? fuck that. I am fucking devil worshipping blasphemous infidel, what are you going to do about it? Huh? Kill me? Ah! That's your religion, right? To Kill people. Good. :yes:

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What? What?

[biboy96]

First of all, I'm not religious.
Secondly: I get the whole freedom of speech thing, but I also think; when you know that extremists will go mad, why not use your brain.

[embers]

Extremists shouldn't get mad, it's childish.

[biboy96]

-.-

Ok, i'm not supporting the extremists or anything, but when you KNOW the idiots will react the way they will, then why the f*ck do you need to annoy them?(don't mean you as in you, but like... people in general)

[embers]

Ok, i'm not supporting the extremists or anything, but when you KNOW the idiots will react the way they will, then why the f*ck do you need to annoy them?(don't mean you as in you, but like... people in general)

Personally, I wouldn't burn a religion's holy book, but I absolutely hate it when people get worked up about trivial things that shouldn't be noticed. Someone burned your book, doesn't mean you should go on a killing spree. Someone drew your prophet, grow up and deal with it. That's all I'm saying.

[biboy96]

I get your point, but I'm just saying these people have a different perspective than us, and they don't have freedom of speech, so personally, I feel sorry for the sivilians...

[Belton21]

That man wants people to think he's a big time Christian but the bible says, Those who act like the hypocrites,and go in to the streets to pray and preach to be seen by man,verily they have there reward.....For he is truly not a follower of God... Who is he to judge other religions? I am a Christian I stick to it all the way,you don't judge people and there religions,that is for god to do. If you choose to be atheist,Muslim,Buddhist..I dont care because who am I to judge them?? That's how all Christians should think...

[iangillan]

That man wants people to think he's a big time Christian but the bible says, Those who act like the hypocrites,and go in to the streets to pray and preach to be seen by man,verily they have there reward.....For he is truly not a follower of God... Who is he to judge other religions? I am a Christian I stick to it all the way,you don't judge people and there religions,that is for god to do. If you choose to be atheist,Muslim,Buddhist..I dont care because who am I to judge them?? That's how all Christians should think...

I agree,that`s how all believers should think,Christians,Muslim,etc..etc.But hatred is much stronger.Hatred is reason for killing Muslim civilians in Bosnia,10 years ago (`in the name of the Church`),NYC bombers,Koran burners,etc,etc.

[Schizothemia]

As an atheist, I found it kind of funny, in a very nihiliistic way.

Nihilism aside, I don't support the burning of any book. I'm all for freedom of speech, and it's wonderfull and great, especially when one is reminded that freedom of speech is in place to protect the speech that isn't agreed with.

I view books as a symbol of our collective conscious as humanity, and even if the book is antequated, juvenile, hateful. etc, it is a reminder of who we are as a species, and allows us to look where to go in the future as a collective species. However, I feel there are more diplomatic approaches to discourse, even when dealing with any form of extremism. It might be difficult, but simply giving up and destroying such an important and vital symbol of our collective conscious, is just not something I personally support. Much like I wouldn't burn a bible, Smriti, or The Twilight Saga (even if it is the bane of my existence.)

In reality, there is no room for extremism, from any form of foundational belief, we need to be accepting of all of the shades of grey, not just the black and white.

[CaliKid24]

If someone wants to burn one, whats going to stop them? Even if people disagree with him doing it, too bad it's his right. So I support his right to do it, but I don't support what he is doing.

[Genghis Khan]

The moron who burned it is just as much of an asshole as the people who reacted to it.

1. If you're going to disagree with something, or criticize it at least do it constructively or no one's going to take you seriously and you're not changing anyone's mind.

2. It's a fricking book. He's burning PAPER, not God's mumbo jumbo mystical hocus pocus plan, there are about a million different copies of the Qur'an in several languages, if you don't like it, don't watch it or cry over it, suck it up.

[Jess]

2. It's a fricking book. He's burning PAPER, not God's mumbo jumbo mystical hocus pocus plan, there are about a million different copies of the Qur'an in several languages, if you don't like it, don't watch it or cry over it, suck it up.

THIS. Exactly how I feel about it.

[HaydenM]

I'm sorry but you can't say burning a holy book is freedom of speech. He got something like 12 people killed because of it, therefore he is responsible for that.

[Genghis Khan]

I'm sorry but you can't say burning a holy book is freedom of speech.

http://haleykrek.edublogs.org/files/2011/04/Freedom-of-Speech-1lkwni0.jpg

[iangillan]

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Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and by many state constitutions and state and federal laws, with the exception of obscenity, defamation, incitement to riot, and fighting words,as well as harassment, privileged communications, trade secrets, classified material, copyright, patents, military conduct, commercial speech such as advertising, and time, place and manner restrictions.

[Hope4u]

idiots are idiots no matter what religion, race or ethnic background.

[UnknownError]

Who cares? Would anyone get mad if I burned Twilight or Harry Potter? Nope. Infact Stephanie Meyer and JK Rowling might get a few lulz out of it.

[IanNE]

yea that guys pretty dumb in my opinion

[Genghis Khan]

Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and by many state constitutions and state and federal laws, with the exception of obscenity, defamation, incitement to riot, and fighting words,as well as harassment, privileged communications, trade secrets, classified material, copyright, patents, military conduct, commercial speech such as advertising, and time, place and manner restrictions.

Then they should change the fucking name. I have something on my mind, it is the Qur'an is a pile of shit, if there is this so called freedom of speech/expression it shouldn't restrict me from saying what is on my mind. Similarly if my father died and someone from his office thought he's a twat, he can say whatever the hell comes to his mind.

[embers]

Who cares? Would anyone get mad if I burned Twilight or Harry Potter? Nope. Infact Stephanie Meyer and JK Rowling might get a few lulz out of it.

Bad analogy. Harry Potter and Stephenie Meyer may have fan clubs but their books certainly aren't central to religions.

[KylieEatWorld]

No. Just no. You shouldn't ever burn books. I don't care if your religion says that book is evil. I don't care if you think the religion that made that book is evil. I don't care if that book is the Origin of Species, The Holy Bible, or Twilight. I don't care if your grandmother hated that book and now she's passed on. I don't care if it was your girlfriend's book and you caught her cheating on you. I don't care if the book promotes witchcraft, sex with minors, or killing people. Never ever burn a book.

Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny. In this war, we know, books are weapons.

[huginnmuninn]

dudes an idiot. he should have kept the book and read it and then took it apart piece by piece finding the flaws and inconsistencies and publishing them which would probably more effectively "destroy" the book than burning it.

[curtlaw]

Well, considering that Terry Jones had allegations that he improperly used church funds from his previous church, he isn't much of an ideal Christian (more of an extremist), to say the least. Tbh, although I'm not a Christian, I still don't think that most Christians are exactly like Terry Jones- as a matter of fact, I was talking to one of my friends, who is also Christian, and we were on such a topic. He utterly condemned Terry Jones, considering he could be compared to those who were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. You see, it's the same with with Muslims, we occasionally consider them as the true cause for 9/11, but as matter of fact, the real people who ARE responsible were the extremists, a group of followers who have branched off from their own religion, and started to make new ideas on how "their religion" should be based on. In Terry Jones' case, he thought of a completely absurd idea, and unfortunately, he had to face the consequences.

[Allbutanillusion]

That man wants people to think he's a big time Christian but the bible says, Those who act like the hypocrites,and go in to the streets to pray and preach to be seen by man,verily they have there reward.....For he is truly not a follower of God... Who is he to judge other religions? I am a Christian I stick to it all the way,you don't judge people and there religions,that is for god to do. If you choose to be atheist,Muslim,Buddhist..I dont care because who am I to judge them?? That's how all Christians should think...



I agree, I think that was well said.:cool:

[iangillan]

Well, considering that Terry Jones had allegations that he improperly used church funds from his previous church, he isn't much of an ideal Christian (more of an extremist), to say the least. Tbh, although I'm not a Christian, I still don't think that most Christians are exactly like Terry Jones- as a matter of fact, I was talking to one of my friends, who is also Christian, and we were on such a topic. He utterly condemned Terry Jones, considering he could be compared to those who were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. You see, it's the same with with Muslims, we occasionally consider them the true cause of 9/11, but as a matter of fact, the real people who ARE responsible were the extremists, a group of followers who have branched off from their own religion, and started to make new ideas on how "their religion" should be based on. In Terry Jone's case, he thought of a completely absurd idea, and unfortunately, he had to face the consequences.

Absolutelly agree.
Biggest problem is that we equalize all Muslims with few terrorists (9/11) and all Christians with Terry Jones and couple other fanatics.

[Clum]

2. It's a fricking book. He's burning PAPER, not God's mumbo jumbo mystical hocus pocus plan, there are about a million different copies of the Qur'an in several languages, if you don't like it, don't watch it or cry over it, suck it up.

precisely

[Sporadica]

"I may not agree with what you have to say but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it." - Voltaire

I think that sums me up perfectly.