RE: Afghan riots over Quran-burning: 2 days, 20 dead
April 3, 2011 at 11:51 am
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2011 at 1:39 pm by Skipper.)
(April 3, 2011 at 11:37 am)chatpilot Wrote: Unbelievable! It's not the act of burning the Koran. It's the full knowledge of the consequences that would follow his actions, which in this case are the killing of many innocent people who happen to reside in that country that did not personally violate those religious laws. They are being punished for the actions of one irresponsible idiot hiding behind rights supposedly conferred upon him by a piece of paper (the U.S. Constitution) that the government can amend and revoke at any time. In this case those people over in Afghanistan are suffering the brunt of these blood thirsty animals vicariously. I hate all religions with no exceptions because of shit like this.
Should a country that champions freedom of speech really be expected to go backwards and restrict peoples actions because people in another country on the other side of the world disagree with what people do with that freedom on religious grounds? I don't fucking think so. Of course the burning was an inflammatory action, but he had every right to do it. Unfortunately, you take the good with the bad with such freedoms, but better that than telling people what they can and cannot say, do or burn that has no real harm on anyone else other than possibly offending them.
Ok, imagine it this way. I'm a Christian...the next time you speak out against my religion or do something that my interpretation of the bible dosen't agree with I am going to go mental, protest and then riot. I end up killing 8 innocent people. How much responsibility do you want to take?
Quote:They are being punished for the actions of one irresponsible idiot
No, they are being punished by the stupidity of the people who rioted and killed them.
