The only people I have sympathy for in this story is those affected by the Islamic physical violence.
Yes.
Jones is an idiot who deliberately provoked Muslims by burning their book, but I agree that his freedom to be an idiot should not be limited. And, because Jones is an idiot does not give license to others to behave in an evil manner by killing innocent people.…Sympathy does not make things legal or illegal. Mr. Jones committed no illegal acts. The Muslim’s who killed 2 Christians are the one’s with blood on their hands…literally.
Absolutely on the mark.
Well if the act had never been done, maybe these people would still be alive and their families would not be grieving.
Quite clearly they were reacting to the burning. Not burning holy texts is something they’re passionate about veteranstoday.com/2010/09/09/why-muslims-dare-not-burn-the-bible-in-return/ It doesn’t make these murders excusable, but there is some blame to be placed on the person provoking the incident.
You cannot hold the pastor in Florida culpable for the emotional and intellectual defects of people in Afganistan.
What, you mean killing innocent people because a complete stranger 4,000 miles away burned a book? I wouldn’t want to face God after that either.
I can always blame someone if things go wrong in my life. I can always rationalize my bad behaviors. So what?
You sure as hell can. Hate incites violence. This kind of malicious bigoted hate absolutely give some blame to the pastor.
So… what? Eye for an eye? They do say faith is blind…
So I guess you can blame people. Some people might even be deserving of that blame.
Lets be fair, it was stupid. Idiotic might imply he didn’t know it would incite hate and rage.
Yes, they do. They get filled with rage and hate and take that anger out on innocent people. Knowing this, are you going to burn a Koran and let everyone know any time soon? This pastor absolutely claims some the blame.
What’s your point? Don’t blame the pastor because they’ll “make up” excuses to kill Christians anyways? So just give free range to to this pastor’s hate speech? Doesn’t seem very Christian to me…
Yes, and you are talking about the butterfly effect. This is about rationalizing and making excuses. Just because the pastor must be blamed for his bad behaviors he should not be blamed for the death of innocents. He could be blamed for his own death but nothing more.
Hate? Did the pastor hate the book? Interesting perspective. From his (and my) perspective burning the Koran is no more blasphemous or hateful than burning a copy of Dr. Suess’s Cat in the Hat, or a copy of Playboy magazine.
This isn’t a butterfly effect insofar as a butterfly wing will cause a hurricane in Japan. These killers very clearly reacted directly to the burning of their holy text. If the pastor didn’t commit this kind of hate speech those people would probably be alive today. When you can clearly see the effects of your actions then we’re past butterfly here.
Did I say that? You need to hone your reading or reasoning skills.
I’m guessing he hated the people who read the book. Why else would you burn the Koran if not to dishearten its readers?
So you’re saying it’s ok to burn any book, like the bible? And that clearly, burning the bible in no way is directing hate towards Christians? That’ll be a tough to justify IMO.