I am filled with hate. Wait...that can't be right. I don't want to hate. Hate is what is causing the problem in the first place.
Maybe it's not hate but an loathing of ideals.
No, it's hate.
What I'd like to do is go to each and every person that sent Terry Jones in Gainsville, Florida a copy of the Quran to burn and ask them what is the most precious book they have in their possession. No undoubtedly, many will say their bible but some others might mention a photo album or a scrapbook of memories. Maybe it was a book their read to their child or was read to them as a child. Books that have no replacement value but are priceless because of the meanings they hold. They treasure the meaning. I'd like to hold it.
Then I'd like burn it in front of their very eyes.
They would hate me for it. They would hate my action, they would hate me. They might even try to kill me for doing it out of sheer rage.
Do you think then, Jones supporters would understand what the burning of a book the Muslims consider more than holy actually means? If their actions in killing me for burning something precious of theirs are justified in their eyes, why would they expect something different from another human being just because they are Muslim?
Do they really think that the burning of the Quran is going to stop Muslims from being Muslims? Do they really think an entire religion is going to shut down and say, "Oh my we are scared of this preacher man Terry Jones. We should give up our religion and become Christians because that is obviously the only RIGHT religion."
Nope.
What it will do is make targets out of US Citizens around the world. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. After someone is killed overseas, in the name of Allah, do you think Terry Jones will worry that the blood of that individual is on his hands?
No, I am sure that he will go the way of Pontius Pilate and wash his hands of the action.
6 comments:
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
I couldn't agree more, our actions create reactions... its just sad that there are those of us out there that don't "get it".
Extremists on all sides are the dangerous ones, because they tend to have very shallow thought processes ... as was proven with this!
Woot! Sing it sistah!
Well done. Every time this guy pops up on my TV I have the almost uncontrollable urge to chew nails. The thing that pisses me off even more? The fact that, when confronted with the thought that it could get another INNOCENT American killed in retaliation, he just so clearly doesn't get how he would have any responsibility in it.
*breathe in* *breathe out*
Jewell
I didn't see this story till last night... people's wild behavior is really amazing to me and unfortunately can do a great deal of harm to others. Lets hope for the best.
There is a segment of our population that embraces a certain ideology that requires an "evil other" - they need someone to hate. Communism, Catholicism, immigrants (even if they were immigrants themselves, public education, subsidized anything other than big business... the hatred for Muslims is just the current iteration. In ten years, maybe just five, it will be something else. They just can't function without something to hate. I'm not just saying this, I was raised by these people. Fundamentalist Radical Christian Clerics.
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