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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
Why? Because you don't like what's being said/done? Because others will suffer?
Guess what: others ALWAYS suffer. I think this "pastor" is an idiot, and a False Prophet, and I think you're correct that US and UK troopers will suffer for what he does. But the -reason- they will suffer is because neo-Islamic totalitarian radicals, who have yet to pull their heads out of the 14th Century (to say nothing of growing thicker skins), have the self-control of a bull elephant in Must. It offends me when I see Asshole Atheists burning the Bible: do I got out and kill Atheists, or burn down libraries, or advocate violence against them? No, I say "God those people are jerks!" and change the fucking channel. If one bunch of morons pisses off another bunch of morons because neither group can manage to act like ruttin' ADULTS for a change that's hardly a reason to curtail free speech.
The idiotic behavior of a bunch of overgrown children should not be taken as an excuse to limit the freedoms of actual adults.
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Not sure if youre asking why it would be illegal in UK or why I agree - but I can answer both questions
In the UK this would probably be covered under incitement of racial hatrid (because blasphemy laws although still on the book are hardly ever used)... any action which is perceived as intended to incite violence can be outlawed.
I agree because I do not think that people should lose their lives so that somebody can have the freedom to burn a holy text and cause massive offensive to the followers of the second most popular religion in the world. I do not think that people have the right through speech or action to cause harm to fall on others and then hide behind the defence "I should be allowed to say whatever I want and burn whatever symbols I want"
I wonder what motivation these people have? In the aftermarth - when an American embassy in the world somewhere is blown up and 30 American citizens killed (for example) - will they be happy? Will they feel that these sacrificial offerings will help summon up a new crusade? I cannot think that they have any other intention but to encourage violence against America and its allies to create more division between the NATO allies and the Islamic world.
It would be nice if they could be ignored as morons that they are, if there was not this inherent hyper-sensitivity inherent in many Islamic states... but thats not the case. These people do what they do full well knowing and taking pleasure in the fact (I can only assume) that they will have blood on their hands.