jarofthoughts
Empirical Curmudgeon
I tried to find a tread about this topic, but since I was unable to I decided to start on of my own. If a tread already exists covering this feel free to merge them.
Let me just state right off the bat that I do not in any way agree with Pastor Terry Jones and that I in fact think he is a nut-case.
However, the response, an attack on a UN office in Afghanistan killing at least 7 people is under any circumstance completely unacceptable.
I am well aware that this type of behaviour is not condoned by anyone but a very small minority of Muslims around the globe and I am also aware that the vast majority of Muslims never hurt anyone.
Still, there is one thing that needs to be said, and it is this;
Freedom of Speech, the individual's ability to express whatever they like about any idea, religion or organisation they like supersedes ANY consideration for religion.
If people wanted they should be able to draw nasty pictures of whichever prophet they liked and burn huge bonfires of so called holy books (or any other book or text for that matter) every day of every week and no violent action, imprisonment or similar should to be allowed by anyone as a response anywhere.
Freedom of Speech is more important than any religion or religious idea in the world and that is something that the religious fundamentalists must and shall accept whether they like it or not.
And if they choose the path of violence, the path of force, they should not be surprised if the answer they get is also one of violence and force, and I guarantee that that is a battle they will lose.
That is my stance, plain and simple.
Responses?
Florida pastor oversees Quran burning - USATODAY.com
Afghans angry at Quran burning kill 7 at UN office - Yahoo! News
Let me just state right off the bat that I do not in any way agree with Pastor Terry Jones and that I in fact think he is a nut-case.
However, the response, an attack on a UN office in Afghanistan killing at least 7 people is under any circumstance completely unacceptable.
I am well aware that this type of behaviour is not condoned by anyone but a very small minority of Muslims around the globe and I am also aware that the vast majority of Muslims never hurt anyone.
Still, there is one thing that needs to be said, and it is this;
Freedom of Speech, the individual's ability to express whatever they like about any idea, religion or organisation they like supersedes ANY consideration for religion.
If people wanted they should be able to draw nasty pictures of whichever prophet they liked and burn huge bonfires of so called holy books (or any other book or text for that matter) every day of every week and no violent action, imprisonment or similar should to be allowed by anyone as a response anywhere.
Freedom of Speech is more important than any religion or religious idea in the world and that is something that the religious fundamentalists must and shall accept whether they like it or not.
And if they choose the path of violence, the path of force, they should not be surprised if the answer they get is also one of violence and force, and I guarantee that that is a battle they will lose.
That is my stance, plain and simple.
Responses?
Florida pastor oversees Quran burning - USATODAY.com
Afghans angry at Quran burning kill 7 at UN office - Yahoo! News
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