Is the Koran Burner an American Patriot?
Our elites are hostage to the wrong sensitivities (from PJM).
So let me get this straight. Florida preacher Terry Jones burns the Koran as part of a religious protest and is promptly condemned by General David Petraeus? Jones’ act, the general says, “was hateful, it was intolerant and it was extremely disrespectful and again, we condemn it in the strongest manner possible.”
Meanwhile, the United States military condones and participates in the burning of the Christian Bible. As CNN reported in May of 2009:
You see, I’m terribly old fashioned. I believe that our constitutionally protected rights to free speech and private property were designed exactly for men like Jones (whose views are unpopular), and to provide sanctuary for exactly his kind of protest (which we may find morally unsavory). I also was under the impression that untold numbers of Americans have given their lives overseas so that all of us can enjoy these privileges here at home.
Terry Jones may be a bigot, but that is hardly the point. As far as I’m concerned, he is more of an American patriot that General Petraeus, who ought to be ashamed of himself for siding with the savages in Afghanistan, who have rioted and killed dozens because their “sensitivities” have been inflamed by the actions of one private American citizen. Really, who does he think he is? How dare Petraeus, the president, or any other U.S. official condone the state ordered burning of the Christian Bible, which is a far, far graver offense than the preacher’s inconsequential conflagration. You see it is when, and only when, the government decides which books are to be consigned to the flames that it is “really bad,” to use Goldberg’s eloquent formulation.
Meanwhile, the United States military condones and participates in the burning of the Christian Bible. As CNN reported in May of 2009:
Military personnel threw away, and ultimately burned, confiscated Bibles that were printed in the two most common Afghan languages amid concern they would be used to try to convert Afghans, a Defense Department spokesman said Tuesday.The American media elite are also wringing their hands over the burning of the Koran, and not just on the Left. Even Jonah Goldberg of National Review laments that “(b)urning books — any books — is bad. Burning holy books is really bad.” Uh, no. A book is a product, a piece of property, which can legitimately be used for reading, propping a door open, hiding cash (senior citizens only), decorating a shelf, shredding for an art project, burning in protest, or anything else its owner may desire.
You see, I’m terribly old fashioned. I believe that our constitutionally protected rights to free speech and private property were designed exactly for men like Jones (whose views are unpopular), and to provide sanctuary for exactly his kind of protest (which we may find morally unsavory). I also was under the impression that untold numbers of Americans have given their lives overseas so that all of us can enjoy these privileges here at home.
Terry Jones may be a bigot, but that is hardly the point. As far as I’m concerned, he is more of an American patriot that General Petraeus, who ought to be ashamed of himself for siding with the savages in Afghanistan, who have rioted and killed dozens because their “sensitivities” have been inflamed by the actions of one private American citizen. Really, who does he think he is? How dare Petraeus, the president, or any other U.S. official condone the state ordered burning of the Christian Bible, which is a far, far graver offense than the preacher’s inconsequential conflagration. You see it is when, and only when, the government decides which books are to be consigned to the flames that it is “really bad,” to use Goldberg’s eloquent formulation.
Pastorius,
ReplyDeleteI don't know how Terry Jones feels about America, but regardless, no reasonable person can blame him for the evil done by Islamic fanatics. In fact, like the Cartoon riots over the Muhammad cartoons, the Koran Riots should be a wake up call, to all people who value free speech, as well as freedom in general.
I don't have an opinion on Terry Jones.
ReplyDeleteI wish some politicos would treat islaics as the hostile force they are
ReplyDeleteOn That Day
ReplyDeleteWords and music by Leonard Cohen
and Anjani Thomas
Some people say
It`s what we deserve
For sins against g-d
For crimes in the world
I wouldn`t know
I'm just holding the fort
Since that day
They wounded New York
Some people say
They hate us of old
Our women unveiled
Our slaves and our gold
I wouldn`t know
I`m just holding the fort
But answer me this
I won`t take you to court
Did you go crazy
Or did you report
On that day
On that day
They wounded New York
I don't have an opinion on Terry Jones.
ReplyDeletehe has balls and doesn't suck islamic dick!
what the heck is this?
ReplyDeletehttp://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01381/obama_bow_1381505c.jpg
Origins of the 9-11 Truther Movement
ReplyDeleteThe Lone Gunman - Pilot - 1
aired before the attack on the WTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDMbqyeG4EQ&feature=player_embedded
The entire 9-11 Truther Movement was based on a silly tv show with the same theme.
ReplyDeleteCan irresponsible morons be patriots?
ReplyDeleteDid he enlist the support of a flock of libertarians, and outright believers in freedom speech and religion?
No.
Why not?
Because no one with a brain wants to be the direct cause of innocent people being killed by religious lunatics who cannot get the message, or wait for a defense from a left which cannot distinguish between blasphemy and the constitution.
Wrong fight. Wrong place. Wrong reasons.
Last night Bill Maher called him Yosemite Sam:) Made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteI support his right to free speech.
Right fight , right place, right reasons.
ReplyDeleteDid a hell of a job for a 'moron'.
Those who say wrong fight fail to fully understand the enemy. Any war or battlefield has a very real component called morale. In many instances morale will be the single most important component.
Where else but on our territory in front of our people?
His stated reasons are to expose the enemy for who they really are at a time when disinformation about who they are abounds.
Used to be a time when those among us who put their lives on the line poking the enemy in the eye were considered patriots.
Now their motives are endlessly questioned??!!