Koran burning, hilarity ensues

[Admiral Yi]

I think a gray area is introduced by the notion of "fighting words."

[Slargos]

KRonn, while the burning of the Koran was rude and tacky, the fault lies with those who went ballistic. Burning any book shouldn't be an excuse for bloody protests thousands of miles away.

That is what I said already.   

No, you keep Euroing your statements.

Fact is that eventually someone will burn a koran or hack your poorly constructed nuke arsenal firewall. If a single person can make a huge difference, eventually someone will do it whether it's out of political, ideological, malicious or simply self-aggrandizing intent. It's stupid beyond the pale to think that you can stop something as simple as a book burning when a world full of trolls knows that it will piss off the muslims.

You might as well rage against nature for the horrible crime of the Tsunami.

The blame for the 7 deaths among the UN and NATO personnel in Kandahar lies squarely on the shoulders of the people who killed them. Not the book burning pastor. Not the people who supplied them their firearms and cudgels. Not the bullets. Guns and bookburnings don't kill people. People kill people. 

[Slargos]

Too bad he can't be brought up on hate crimes or something.

Hate crime against a piece of literature? What next, fines and imprisonment for burning a copies of the Twilight books because they might offend fans of Twilight?

Hyperbole on my part. Don't get too bent out of shape over it.   

And come on.

"I was just joking."

"I was being sarcastic."

"It was an attempt at provoking debate."

Fuck you. You meant every goddamned word, and when they back fire on you, you back pedal like a French tank.

[KRonn]

Too bad he can't be brought up on hate crimes or something.

Hate crime against a piece of literature? What next, fines and imprisonment for burning a copies of the Twilight books because they might offend fans of Twilight?

Hyperbole on my part. Don't get too bent out of shape over it.   

And come on.

"I was just joking."

"I was being sarcastic."

"It was an attempt at provoking debate."

Fuck you. You meant every goddamned word, and when they back fire on you, you back pedal like a French tank.

Slargos, I mean exactly what I said. Read my first post. I blame the Muslims who did this, while expressing just annoyance at the preacher. Enough said.

[Slargos]

That said, I still put the majority of blame on the backwards,

The majority?

Too bad he can't be brought up on hate crimes or something.

Ah, yes, too damn bad that he is protected by law.

I'm all in favor of US type freedom of speech/expression;

NO. YOU'RE NOT.

Admit it, you little hairy communist cunt: You'd love Euro-style "free" speech.

[Valmy]

Wait burning Korans in the US will get UN employees killed abroad?  I see millions of anti-UN conspiracy nuts across the US burning Korans.

[Slargos]

Islam needs a makeover. An atomic makeover.

I find it comforting that no matter how much we might disagree about the little things, when it comes to the big picture we are as brothers. 

[grumbler]

I think a gray area is introduced by the notion of "fighting words."

That's why that notion is such a dreadful one.  It introduces a gray area where there should be none.  Once you accept that any words can justify violence in response, you are abandoning the civilized concept of lawful use of force.

[Valmy]

"Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions," de Mistura said.

It does in Florida, fag.

This guy was cheering on the Catholic church when they arrested Gallileo.

[Razgovory]

I should burn a Qur'an at my school for fun just to see what would happen.

I doubt they have Koran's in kindergarten.

[Razgovory]

I think a gray area is introduced by the notion of "fighting words."

That's why that notion is such a dreadful one.  It introduces a gray area where there should be none.  Once you accept that any words can justify violence in response, you are abandoning the civilized concept of lawful use of force.

I think it's a good thing that the law recognizes that sometimes punching someone in the face is a valid form of conflict resolution.

[JonasSalk]

I should burn a Qur'an at my school for fun just to see what would happen.

I doubt they have Koran's in kindergarten.

I thought adults knew how to use apostrophes.

[Habbaku]

  Why would you think Raz is an adult?

[JonasSalk]

He thinks I'm a kid; I think he's a pseudo-adult. Glad to know we're both wrong and that our roles are actually reversed.

[CountDeMoney]

This whole situation is unfortunate, but it does highlight exactly why Mooselimbs are the imbecile morons they are as a culture, versus a single imbecile moron in Florida.

I just love how we're supposed to be tolerant of the most intolerant culture on the planet.  As if that'll, like, make them like us.

WHAT PART OF SPILLING YOUR INFIDEL JEW BLOOD DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND