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The rightwing US presidential hopeful Sarah Palin urged Jones and his supporters to reconsider. Writing on her Facebook page she said: "People have a constitutional right to burn a Qur'an if they want to but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation – much like building a mosque at Ground Zero."
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I anticipate a torrent of ad hominem attacks here, (how could anything good come out of that airhead?) but I think that the much maligned Ms. Palin really hits the nail on the head here. Many of us tend to force through our rights without regard to the consequences or for the feelings of others. Do we not all have a responsibility to consider the potential consequences of asserting our rights? Book burners and mosque builders alike.
Isn't this akin to selfishly forcing our "right of way" on the road, thereby causing an accident?
Lindy