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Qu'ran burnt in Florida

A'isha

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By the same guy who wanted to do it last September, on the anniversary of 9/11. Now, in my opinion that's plenty stupid all on its lonesome.

But what really transports this into the realm of WTF is the fact that he held a trial for the Qu'ran first. A jury trial. With deliberations.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20110321/twl-koran-burnt-in-florida-church-2802f3e.html

On the upside, it seems that no one cares about his idiotic antics any more, as only 30 people attended.

I only hope it stays that way, and no Muslim idiot does something far stupider using this as an excuse (because that's all it would be, an excuse, not a justification).
 
His facial hair alone should be enough to let everyone know that he does things simply for the attention.
 
ANTPogo said:
But what really transports this into the realm of WTF is the fact that he held a trial for the Qu'ran first. A jury trial. With deliberations.
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1. Five bucks says the jury did not read the book before they reached a verdict on it.
2. If he wants to compete, putting a book on trial is a lame joke compared to that medieval pope who disinterred his predecessor, dressed the corpse in the papal vestments, propped him on the throne, and put him on trial. Now that's going crazy with style.
 
So some attention-seeking* old man held a "trial" and burned a book ... big whoop. He's only a man, and it was only a book.

(*Looks like he got it, too.)
 
Not the best thing to do at this point in history on the surface of the Earth. Last thing we need are power-hungry rhetoriticians running around various Middle Eastern resistance areas (or status quo sides, for that matter), saying, "Look! Americans hate Islam!"
 
Beerina said:
Not the best thing to do at this point in history on the surface of the Earth. Last thing we need are power-hungry rhetoriticians running around various Middle Eastern resistance areas (or status quo sides, for that matter), saying, "Look! Americans hate Islam!"
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If we only exercise rights when it's safe to do so then we soon won't have any rights.
 
ANTPogo said:
By the same guy who wanted to do it last September, on the anniversary of 9/11. Now, in my opinion that's plenty stupid all on its lonesome.

But what really transports this into the realm of WTF is the fact that he held a trial for the Qu'ran first. A jury trial. With deliberations.
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I take it the Qu'ran plead the 5th?

Didn't the Supreme Court declare it unconstitutional to execute the mentally handicapped? If a book isn't mentally handicapped, I don't know what is.
 
I used to live in that city.

Once I had supper with the world leader of ISKCON there, in a barn on a farm outside of town.

Brother Jed and Sister Cindy were regulars.



It's a weird place.

Xians burning a Koran after putting it on trial is just par for the course there.
 
I Am The Scum said:
Or we could exercise our rights when it's not f-ing stupid to do so. That also works.
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A right that can only be used when it's smart to do so isn't much of a right.

Who gets to decide if it's stupid or not?
 
TragicMonkey said:
1. Five bucks says the jury did not read the book before they reached a verdict on it.
2. If he wants to compete, putting a book on trial is a lame joke compared to that medieval pope who disinterred his predecessor, dressed the corpse in the papal vestments, propped him on the throne, and put him on trial. Now that's going crazy with style.
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Weekend At Bernie's meets Perry Mason.

Cool.
 
Resume said:
Are you quoting Jefferson or Paine?
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Sounds more like Jefferson. I think he wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Men (as long as we ain't to stupid about it)".:D
 
KingMerv00 said:
Phelps has the legal right to be a dick and that shouldn't change. That doesn't mean he SHOULD be a dick.
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Well, aren't all these kinds of protests/performance theatre stupid and dickish?

Piss Christ, Flag-on-the-Floor, burning flags, bibles, qurans . . . don't feel them at all but they sort of pave the way for my moment to be a public dick. And lest we forget, one man's dick is another's founding father. Or something like that.
 
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