I agree. There was nothing but acceptance by the media of the freedom of expression in the so called "art" depicting the virgin mary with feces all over her. I guess we will all see again just how peaceful islam is after Saturday. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith In Tampa" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:02:17 PM Subject: Re: No...'burn-a-Quran' protest on 9/11....says Petraeus
I really don't get the media hype.....It is almost as if we are scared to allow this man his First Amendment right, (however misguided he may be) because of the fear of reprisal from Islam. I don't think I have ever seen such a reaction in this Nation. We have seen "burnings" before....I cannot recall a "Bible Burning"; but we have clearly seen protests against Christian Churches and Denominations. I never recall such an outcry. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:19 AM, nominal9 < [email protected] > wrote: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/florida-pastor-still-plans-a-burn-a-quran-protest-on-911-despite-warnings-by-petraeus/1 The pastor of a Florida church says he takes very seriously Gen. David Petraeus' warning that his church's burn-a-Quran day on 9/11 could endanger U.S. troops and that his congregation is praying about it, but he still plans to go through with the protest. Afghans wave banners saying CAPTIONBy Musadeq Sadeq, AP"We are definitely weighing the situation," Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., tells CNN today. "We are weighing the thing we are about to do, what it possibily could cause, what is our actual message, what we are trying to get across. How important is that now." Petraeus, top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a statement Monday that the actions by the 50-member church "could endanger troops, and it could endanger the overall effort." But Jones says the protest aimed at radical Islam is still on. "Once in awhile, you see that in the Bible, there are instances where enough is enough and you stand up," Jones tells CNN. Our colleagues at Faith & Reason have details on an interfaith summit of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders that plans to issue a joint declaration later today. Gainesville police plan to set up a checkpoint at streets around the church on Saturday to check driver's licenses and maintain a heightened police presence, The Gainesville Sun reports. The three- hour protest is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET. This comes a day after someone in Gainesville scrawled the word "Nazis" on a sign erected near an Islamic center announcing "International Burn A Koran Day," The Sun reports. The newspaper says a man has turned himself in for the act, but police are trying to contact the owner of the property before pressing charges. At a protest Monday in Kabul, several hundred Afghans rallied outside a Kabul mosque, burning American flags and an effigy of Dove World's pastor and chanting "death to America." ************** Personally, on Fee Speech grounds I can see it. It is one segment of the U.S. Christian population's right.....just like it is one segment of the Muslim Afghans (or others) population's right to counter-protest. Then you get to the political question.... support or endanger U.S. troops... well, says who? and will that really happen? Always the individual person's choice, I would say...... I'm not doing this.... nominal9 -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
