April 03, 2011

My Take on Pastor Jones Koran Burning & Aftermath

#1. Jones wanted publicity
#2. YouTube[complete with Arabic titles] & MSM provided it: Terry Jones is a homophob[A bit ironic when it comes to Islam eh?]
#3. People died
#4. Proved his point
#5 MSM asked 'why didn't Christians condone condemn[oops] this when Jones first burnt the Koran?
#5. Muslims, not the crazy Pastor Jones, killed those people. He burned a book

In essence, where is the MSM when Christians are attacked in Muslim dominated countries? Some are accused of desecrating the Koran and pay for it with their lives. The only Christian official in Pakistan was murdered because he stood up for changing blasphemy laws. The lawyer who was defending a Christian woman for blasphemy was also murdered. Where is the MSM on this?What about the Coptic Christians in Egypt? Did they burn a Koran?

What about here in the U.S. where artist's demean Christians? Again, where is the MSM on this? Piss Christ, we have it here. Jesus image covered with feces, we have it here. Some schools forbid wearing the cross in school, we have it here. I could go on and on.

The Jawa Report has beheading archives. Did those beheaded, including Americans, burn the Koran? We also have a hostage archive. Did those hostages, including Americans, burn a Koran?

Are we so afraid of offending that we lose site of our 1st Amendment rights? This is a slippery slope we don't want to go down. The UN would like nothing better to pass a resolution, with this administrations approval, that would make it a crime to offend Muslims disguised as 'religious organizations'.

I don't condone what the pastor did but I will fight for his right to do it. When that right is taken away, then what? Remember the cartoonist Molly Norris who started Everybody Draw Mohammed day in protest of limits of free speech [think South Park], she drew innocent images 'is this Mohammed' with a cup, spool of thread, etc. Yemini al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki issued a fatwa against her. Where is she now? She is in hiding is where..

Does winning the hearts of minds of Muslims in the ME mean we have to give up our 1st Amendment rights? Does winning the hearts and minds of Muslims mean our female soldiers have to wear the hijab instead of their helmets? How safe would they have been if they had been confronted with angry Muslims over the burning of the Koran?

Sadly, the protesters in Afghanistan and Pakistan feel safe in their protests against us and other western countries because they know we are not going to kill them for protesting. Radicals took over in the UN incident and lives were lost including two of the protesters. Until mass protests against the Taliban, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups start we are in a limbo. Until...

Brigitte Gabriel says it best, Because They Hate

It doesn't matter what we do..it will never be enough until other Muslims stand up against radical Muslims who wish to harm them and us.

Lots more to say but end of rant

That is all.