Did this put the soldiers at risk, too?
Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan - CNN.com
Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan - CNN.com
Burning the Qur'an Places Canadian Soldiers at Risk
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Re: Burning the Quran Places Canadian Soldiers at Risk
Off topic but this is far from true. The North brought Total War on the South during the US Civil War. The South was completely devastated. One needs to learn about Sherman's March and the war in Virginia to see that.
Off topic but this is far from true. The North brought Total War on the South during the US Civil War. The South was completely devastated. One needs to learn about Sherman's March and the war in Virginia to see that.
That bastard is nuts..........and he professes to be a preacher? Where's the compassion? There is a typical case of an A$$hole giving religion a bad name.
Indeed they did, as they claimed it was promoting children to take up witchcraft & satanism...... Morons.
'Satanic' Harry Potter books burnt
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | 'Satanic' Harry Potter books burnt
"Behind that innocent face is the power of satanic darkness," he said. "Harry Potter is the devil and he is destroying people."
From what I read, he's going to do it anyways, with or without the permit.
Fine, then how about their continual disregard for the Afghan population that seem to always get in the crossfire and they just sum them up as collateral?
Meanwhile how many civilians have our troops killed?
Oh but I suppose one will just say there's more of their troops there, so of course they'll kill more then us.
Yet if I remember correctly, since our troops arrived there, I think I can count on one.... maybe two hands how many civilians died by our troops' actions.
The problem is that while we fight one set of Extremists and try and change their way of life, we continually turn a blind eye to the other Extremists south of our border because they buy our products.
If their government at least openly condemned this clown and this supposed book burning, that'd be one thing..... but I don't hear them saying or doing anything about it...... even our Prime Minister and Defence Minister openly condemned it:
Harper condemns Qur'an burning plan
CBC News - World - Harper condemns Qur'an burning plan
MacKay condemns Qur'an burning
MacKay condemns Qur'an burning
^ Brownie Points to them
I stand corrected.... news a couple of days ago claimed Obama was keeping silent, but it seems as though he finally said something:
US President Obama condemns plans to burn the Koran
BBC News - US President Obama condemns plans to burn the Koran
^ And yet in our country, we have certain laws against hate crimes and intolerance.... if this was something towards Jewish people, it'd be anti-semitic..... I've lost all support for the Afghan war long ago and now more then ever, I believe our troops should be taken out of this disaster before these type of idiots make what NATO is fighting, turn out to be 10 times worse then ever before and drag this whole conflict right back to square one.
And we've all seen how well their retribution works in solving their problems.
You speak of their constitution being used against them, yet nobody says anything when people like this idiot abuse it all to hell to make a bad situation worse.
Guerrilla-Style wars are already being played out in two Muslim nations.... where have you been for the last decade or so?
The US can no longer afford additional conflicts and wars.... their troop recruitment have been dwindling, public support has dropped, their national debt is insane and their country is still in a financial disaster with many people still out of jobs......
Then again, that does sound like a perfect recipe for starting another war..... after all, wars bring jobs and money if done right..... maybe this guy was hired to do this to keep it all going and to suck allies back into an even worse conflict then ever before.
Well we'll see what will unfold from this soon enough I guess.
Probably not the soldiers, but.....
Christian militia members charged with plots to kill police officers
Christian militia members charged with plots to kill police officers -
^ There's already a pile of these whackos running around down there.... I'm sure one or two groups took equal offense to bibles being burned.
You can always identify a legitimate church. It defines its mission as one of conversion by means of appeals to reason, rather than resorting to intimidation or casting offense on the beliefs of others.
Book burning has a bad history. It's a tool of tyrants and those of limited intellectual confidence in their own cause.
Book burning has a bad history. It's a tool of tyrants and those of limited intellectual confidence in their own cause.
Destruction of Cathar texts (Languedoc region of France)
Detail of a Pedro Berruguete painting of a disputation between Saint Dominic of Guzman and the Albigensians (Cathars) in which the books of both were thrown on a fire, with St. Dominic's books miraculously preserved from the flames. See the whole picture.
During the 13th century, the Catholic Church waged a brutal campaign against the Cathars of Languedoc (smaller numbers also lived elsewhere in Europe), culminating in the Albigensian Crusade. Nearly every Cathar text that could be found was destroyed, in an effort to completely extirpate their heretical beliefs; only a few are known to have survived.
The Talmud (at Paris), first of many such burnings over the next centuries
In 1242, The French crown burned all Talmud copies in Paris, about 12,000, after the book was "charged" and "found guilty" in the Paris trial sometimes called "the Paris debate". This burnings of Hebrew books were initiated by Pope Gregory IX, who persuaded French King Louis IX to undertake it.
Detail of a Pedro Berruguete painting of a disputation between Saint Dominic of Guzman and the Albigensians (Cathars) in which the books of both were thrown on a fire, with St. Dominic's books miraculously preserved from the flames. See the whole picture.
During the 13th century, the Catholic Church waged a brutal campaign against the Cathars of Languedoc (smaller numbers also lived elsewhere in Europe), culminating in the Albigensian Crusade. Nearly every Cathar text that could be found was destroyed, in an effort to completely extirpate their heretical beliefs; only a few are known to have survived.
The Talmud (at Paris), first of many such burnings over the next centuries
In 1242, The French crown burned all Talmud copies in Paris, about 12,000, after the book was "charged" and "found guilty" in the Paris trial sometimes called "the Paris debate". This burnings of Hebrew books were initiated by Pope Gregory IX, who persuaded French King Louis IX to undertake it.
The entire quote which would be relevant is:
He's obviously talking about the freedom to burn a Bible or Qur'an.
They're obviously aware of the differences you mention...that's the entire narrative that surrounds the article. In fact it's the only reason that Harper and MacKay said anything at all in public about this.
He was, you just took the quote out of context, that is, you weren't keeping things in perspective.
I was under the impression they were going to burn a couple of reams of Staples paper with "coran" printed in crayon on the envolope.
Our soldiers are going over there and dieing to give another country the liberty and freedoms we enjoy and here we are bending over and giving up our freedom of speech and yes...to burn books even to satify the whim of another religion...
Those soldiers must be looking at us in disgust...
Political correctness has taken us to an all time low.
Those soldiers must be looking at us in disgust...
Political correctness has taken us to an all time low.
US pastor calls off Quran burning
Planned event to burn copies of Muslim holy book on anniversary of September 11 attacks cancelled amid criticism.
US pastor calls off Quran burning - Americas - Al Jazeera English
Planned event to burn copies of Muslim holy book on anniversary of September 11 attacks cancelled amid criticism.
US pastor calls off Quran burning - Americas - Al Jazeera English
I would state the obvious - The Soldiers realize that this Pastor is full of hate - What point is his making - reps ct - No he clearly shows he has no respect for another religion - Tolerance - No - he clearly show he has none.
Stunts - Yes - he has had his name in the news
Any Soldier worth his salt would not condone but condemn this act
Yes i know it has been canceled.
As I have stated but many seem to be hung up on rights, Just because you have a right does not necessarily make it right to use it at times. But many it appears do not understand that. It is the old thing again - It is my Right. Up there with being Stupid is to.
We are fighting a war, Yes we are and we have Muslims within our society - So are we fighting all Muslims in our society as well?
Buddy had his 15 minutes of fame. Sold a schwack of T-Shirts on the Internet,
& got the name of his book out. Done deal for a self-promotional wad...and he'll
do a bunch of interviews while further plugging his book, etc....
& got the name of his book out. Done deal for a self-promotional wad...and he'll
do a bunch of interviews while further plugging his book, etc....
Now if the imam were to show the same good sense all would be well that ends well......but I'm not holding my breath:roll:
....the major difference being that the Imam is reaching out to other religions, and not burning their books to make statements. He is making statements about confronting extremists so that they don't control the messaging...this nutbar in Florida plays exactly into what the Imam said last night. The extemists feed off each other.
Yes, Canada is at war. and, our ally in that war is the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. So, to brand all Moslems as "other", including ordinary Canadian citizens who practise that faith, is not only nonsensical bigotry , it is contrary to fact. I know you and I are in agreement!