Burn a Quran day

[Darth Rotor]

These folks are a few years late to the party.

George Carlin already covered this, about 15 years ago, in one of his stand up routines. (IIRC, from the "you are all diseased" CD.)

"My god has a bigger dick than your god."

Something a little more original would be appreciated.

 

[Blackened Cat]

People like this don't value freedom.

Instead they use their freedom to mock and abuse others, motivated by a hatred a freedom.

They don't want anyone else having a religion other than theirs.

It's akin to the Atheist Communist Fascist regimes in China and Russia.

Authoritarianism is the theme. You can't have people freely choosing things, because that threatens their sense of 'appealing to authority' if someone chooses differently.

Heck, it's the driving forces of Conservative Politics. Appeal to authority and a hatred of freedom.

 

[leftysergeant]

I suspect their intention is to prove, once and for all, which religion has a bigger concentration of ********.

And I think we have a Division winner in Florida. Stay tuned for the playoffs, featuring Fred Phelps, the Oklahoma Division winner.

 

[Aepervius]

Unrfunnily whenever I hear book burning, I picture a black and white film, with people doing the goose step, and throwing book "perverting the true aryan mind" into a fire.

Maybe somebody should make a point, wear a bullet resistant jacket, leg and arm armor, an helmet, and throw on the quaran burning book a king james bible.

 

[Soapy Sam]

I don't really give a toss what nonsense a book contains.
I just don't like people who burn books, unless for sanitary reasons.

 

[FireGarden]

Thank you man, thank you. You made my day when I found this thread. Just reading some of the information on their website makes you want to tear your hair out.

That's a good day?
If I could believe they were more like Landover Baptists than Fred Phelps, then I would be relieved.

But, hey, you're welcome anyhow!

 

[FenerFan]

Is it just me or does Pastor Jones look like Bill O'Reilly with white hair and moustache?

 

[tsig]

Book buring is generaly viewed as being a bad thing. Apart from anything else recycling is a better option.

Books make good compost but that doesn't seem to be an option here.

 

[tsig]

Its not like Muslims are the only people in the world to ever riot

True but they do seem to have a hair trigger.

 

[tsig]

Can't you read what I wrote? I asked if that is their purpose?

Starting off your response with a put down is not a way to win friends and influence enemies. The fact that I responded might be a good indication that I can read. My question seemed like a logical extension of what you wrote but I see you decided to bluster rather than attempt a civil response.

 

[noreligion]

Starting off your response with a put down is not a way to win friends and influence enemies. The fact that I responded might be a good indication that I can read. My question seemed like a logical extension of what you wrote but I see you decided to bluster rather than attempt a civil response.

I am not here to win the type of friend that cherry picks what I say so they can build a strawman and look pseudo-intellectual.

 

[ddt]

Unrfunnily whenever I hear book burning, I picture a black and white film, with people doing the goose step, and throwing book "perverting the true aryan mind" into a fire.

I'm always first reminded of the quip by Heinrich Heine: "wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man schließlich auch Mensche" - where books are burnt, in the end also people are burnt. How hauntingly accurate that prediction was. His books were among the first to feature in the Nazi's pyres - him being a liberal and a Jew.

Maybe somebody should make a point, wear a bullet resistant jacket, leg and arm armor, an helmet, and throw on the quaran burning book a king james bible.

Burning the Quran is a bit more offensive to the average Muslim than burning the Bible is to the average Christian. Islam considers every copy of Allah's word sacred, and disposing of, e.g., a worn-out copy of the Quran should be done in a respectable manner.

I wonder if they realized this when they started organizing it.

 

[noreligion]

I wonder if they realized this when they started organizing it.

I wonder if they realized this before they organized it.



Since burning the koran is mocking and insulting Islam, the outcome should be entertaining to say the least.

 

[KodeBlue]

i wonder what they think about us "stiff-necked" Jews?

Trust me, they think we're burning in hell.

 

[willhaven]

These folks are a few years late to the party.

George Carlin already covered this, about 15 years ago, in one of his stand up routines. (IIRC, from the "you are all diseased" CD.)

"My god has a bigger dick than your god."

Something a little more original would be appreciated.

I think that was in reference to war in general. Talking about George Bush Sr. "What?! They have bigger dicks?! BOMB THEM!"

And then something about "dick fear".

 

[tsig]

I am not here to win the type of friend that cherry picks what I say so they can build a strawman and look pseudo-intellectual.

Then let's talk about burning Korans. I'm not in favor of burning any books but it seems to me that freedom of speech allows them to do this. If Muslims get inflamed by it then that is the Muslims problem.

 

[noreligion]

Then let's talk about burning Korans. I'm not in favor of burning any books but it seems to me that freedom of speech allows them to do this. If Muslims get inflamed by it then that is the Muslims problem.

Yes but judging from the past....well let's just say I wouldn't want to be the book burner. How exactly does freedom of speech allow book burning? Book burning isn't speech unless one places the burning books on someones body so they scream.

 

[tsig]

Yes but judging from the past....well let's just say I wouldn't want to be the book burner. How exactly does freedom of speech allow book burning? Book burning isn't speech unless one places the burning books on someones body so they scream.

Flag burning is OK so I expect that book burning is also besides if I own the book I can dispose of it as I see fit.

Would you give up your rights under threat of violence?

 

[Lamafarmer]

Yup and one can only imagine how things would be if we all went and burned a bible out the front of their church

If you or anyone else lives in the area, you should get some free religious books and throw them all in the fire. "Oh, who needs these anyway, they only take up space on my shelf."

 

[Aitch]

If you or anyone else lives in the area, you should get some free religious books and throw them all in the fire. "Oh, who needs these anyway, they only take up space on my shelf."

Wasn't there a Bloom County cartoon along those lines? Where Milo was caught throwing Pat Boone albums on the Billy and The Boingers bonfire?

Yup and one can only imagine how things would be if we all went and burned a bible out the front of their church

Or a pile of Quorn outside your local vegetarian restaurant?