Ok so we can all agree that the fundamentalist preacher and his congregation in Florida are batshit. But here's a point that I hadn't thought of, and it comes from Pharyngula (linked on the right). Anyway, here's a link to the post (Setting the Koran on fire, vs. setting personal liberties on fire) and here's a choice quote:
"And to suggest that some guy burning a book in a remote land will incite more anti-American sentiment is absurd. We've got drones buzzing over Iraq and Afghanistan killing people with a push of a button; we've got an armed force occupying those countries; we have bombed their infrastructure into rubble. We've killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims. And now we're to believe that their love of the West will be suddenly devastated by a video of paper burning on youtube? Get a grip, man."
We are so far removed from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't we. It's shocking how sheltered we really are.
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