Petreaus: Burning Qurans = Lives at Risk

[Koa]

Interesting that most Republicans were very slow to come out against the Koran burning, or at best, or publically "nuetral" on the subject....

Sadly, I guess they don't want their fringe constituents to be offended by anyone putting a stop to this, especially with election coming up.

Where did you come up with that one? All of the conservative talk show guys have called the guy crazy and don't think his actions are acceptable. Even the most extreme conservative in the dem's minds, Sarah Palin, has spoken out against this koran burning.

 

[Douglas the Intrepid]

Bottom line is regardless of legality, the act itself shows a lack of morality and ethics that is utterly deplorable...especially coming from a supposed religious leader.

 

[Koa]

Douglas is right, and I've not heard one person state that they support this guy. This guy is going for shock value. I bet he doubles the size of his congregation with media. He may even get a few Muslims in the pews. Bet that will shake up his sermon a bit. This is a social issue, and it seems that society is speaking against it. Even some hardcore Southern Baptist mega ministers have spoken out against this guy.

All the while, important national issues continue to be pushed to the back pages of the "news."

 

[idlewind]

Douglas is right, and I've not heard one person state that they support this guy. This guy is going for shock value. I bet he doubles the size of his congregation with media. He may even get a few Muslims in the pews. Bet that will shake up his sermon a bit. This is a social issue, and it seems that society is speaking against it. Even some hardcore Southern Baptist mega ministers have spoken out against this guy.

All the while, important national issues continue to be pushed to the back pages of the "news."

And this is the sad part. This guy is a hypocrite pure and simple and is looking for his 15 minutes of fame. Unfortunately he now has it. Meanwhile the critical issues that need to be discussed are left on the cutting room floor.

 

[30ashopper]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10obama.html

They cancelled the event.

 

[Lynnie]

Great news!

 

[30ashopper]

What I don't get is this - the whole koran burning thing was basically a protest over the mosque in nyc. To me, that seems like a pretty reasonable way to make a point. Yet for some reason the crazy guy burning some paper gets beaten up by the press, while the weird imam hell bent on building his building where nobody wants it gets the support of the President and ends up on on Larry King.

Both are expressing individual rights. But only one gets vilified by the media. It's a crazy country we live in.

 

[Lynnie]

What I don't get is this - the whole koran burning thing was basically a protest over the mosque in nyc. To me, that seems like a pretty reasonable way to make a point. Yet for some reason the crazy guy burning some paper gets beaten up by the press, while the weird imam hell bent on building his building where nobody wants it gets the support of the President and ends up on on Larry King.

Both are expressing individual rights. But only one gets vilified by the media. It's a crazy country we live in.

Very succinctly stated. I don't get it either......oh well.

 

[Jdarg]

I am trying to figure out why the "weird imam" is weird. What is weird about him?

 

[LuciferSam]

What I don't get is this - the whole koran burning thing was basically a protest over the mosque in nyc. To me, that seems like a pretty reasonable way to make a point. Yet for some reason the crazy guy burning some paper gets beaten up by the press, while the weird imam hell bent on building his building where nobody wants it gets the support of the President and ends up on on Larry King.

Both are expressing individual rights. But only one gets vilified by the media. It's a crazy country we live in.

I can't believe anybody thinks this is about the mosque. This is just simply a 10th string idiot sociopastor fundamentalist whacko publicity whore who hates Islam.