Have I died and gone to hell? I swear some days it seems like it thanks to the bumbling spineless fools we have in office in Washington DC and on MSNBC. What I am referring to is
the backlash that Tennessee pastor Terry Jones has faced for publically burning the Quran which is now being blamed for the senseless slaughter of a reported 20 people and three days of Muslim protests in Afghanistan.
Now this is where the crossroads are on the subject for many. Let's set the record straight...personally I feel that burning any nation's flag or any religions holy book is wrong and distasteful. It disgusts me more than I can properly express here. It's wrong plain and simple...however in America it is our first amendment right. In the past I have been publically vocal against protesting Muslims stomping on and burning the American flag, but after I calmed down I realized to stop them puts a stop to our rights as a free republic. So we must grin and take it so to speak, but does that mean that we cannot exercise our right to our own freedom of speech? Like I said I would never personally resort to that myself, but if Pastor Jones feels that it is appropriate to burn the Quran then he has every right as an American to do so. Does that mean that the riots that broke out and left 20 dead and countless injured is his fault? No it is not!
Now this is where the crossroads are on the subject for many. Let's set the record straight...personally I feel that burning any nation's flag or any religions holy book is wrong and distasteful. It disgusts me more than I can properly express here. It's wrong plain and simple...however in America it is our first amendment right. In the past I have been publically vocal against protesting Muslims stomping on and burning the American flag, but after I calmed down I realized to stop them puts a stop to our rights as a free republic. So we must grin and take it so to speak, but does that mean that we cannot exercise our right to our own freedom of speech? Like I said I would never personally resort to that myself, but if Pastor Jones feels that it is appropriate to burn the Quran then he has every right as an American to do so. Does that mean that the riots that broke out and left 20 dead and countless injured is his fault? No it is not!
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