Someone should have a bible burning on the steps of a mosque

[Cronus Protagonist]

I think it would draw a crowd, and the media would have to give it equal coverage.

[austin78704]

1. No.

The idiots burning books are not role models.

Call them idiots. Otherwise ignore them.

[m00nbeam]

2. Actually I think the bible burning would trump the qu'ran burning

In a "Look at those evil terrorists and their bible burning" kind of a way.

[Cronus Protagonist]

30. I was thiking of having men n white collars wearing crosses burning the bibles

In protest at their brethren burning the Korans.

[sfwriter]

3. no no no...

<facepalm>

<open weeping>

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Good in theory but probably not in practice.

I'm not quite ready for holy war.

[csziggy]

5. Actually I wanted to get a truck load of Bibles and unload them

On the pile of burning Quarans. Throw in a few other religious books, too, like the Book of Mormon. Whatever I could round up.

I figure if they can burn one religous text, why not make it universal?

Edited to add :sarcasm:

[mike r]

10. Don't forget Dianetics

very important holy book

[csziggy]

11. Oh, yeah - lots of choices, there to go for

But to piss off the most people, we should go for the top ones. Of course, pissing off the Scientologists gets extra points since any one of them gets as pissed as three or four others.

[Canuckistanian]

6. That is NOT the equivalent of burning a Koran

And anyone who thinks it is, FUNDAMENTALLY misunderstands the Muslim attitude to the Koran.

To them, it's literally like burning God himself - if only symbolically.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

9. Absolutely correct. Most muslims deify the book as well as its content. Most xtians do not

[aquart]

19. That absolutely magnifies the danger to our troops.

That smug, stupid preacher. I suspect his act will actually create much more aggressive Muslim outreach and education in our communities to counteract his idiocy. But it won't stop our people from being hurt because of it.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

23. Indeed it does, but the those commiting the violence will get the blame, not the nut bags

and if it gets out of hand I have no doubt Obama will use Tomahawks, B-2s, and Predator UAVs to shut it down.

Its a basic freedoms issue, and vast majority of Americans see it as worth the risk, even for nut bags. Hopefully most progressives do too.

[blondeatlast]

22. Exactly. Pastor Yosemite Sam likely knows it even if most people

don't--and that's what really scares me about the turd.

[Fleshdancer]

7. How about....

instead of burning anything, why not buy a Koran, slip in a note that says "Terry Jones does not speak for me" and leave it on the steps of the mosque.

[m00nbeam]

12. I love that idea

[LatteLibertine]

32. I like that too :)

IMO we shouldn't match negativity with more of the same.

[lonestarnot]

8. More one stirs a turd, the more it stinks.

[BurtWorm]

13. Let's turn 9/11 into national book burning day.

:patriot:

What a great way to remember the people who died.

[HEyHEY]

14. Nah, that's how people end up dead. By escalating.

[TheMadMonk]

34. Sometimes the only solution is escaltation. Get the bastards out into the open...

...and force them to show their true colours.

[Initech]

15. "What goes around comes around" doesnt always work in every situation.

Not that I'm defending this by any means whatsoever, this is definitely not one of those times.

[Rowdyboy]

16. I think we should have a mass burning of George Bush's biography...

if we want to burn useless books

[lonestarnot]

17. We should give him the same treatment Blair got on his ignorant book tour.

People are still allegedly buying his books. People are fucking nuts aren't they... yes they are.

[aquart]

18. NUH UH, We'd have to buy them first.

[JI7]

21. so useless not even worth going through the trouble to do that

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Nobody would care

[TexasObserver]

24. No.

[pa28]

25. Great idea.

Maybe you should be the one to do the torching? I'm sure everyone present will latch onto the irony and you'll all have a big laugh.

[notesdev]

26. Nobody would give it coverage

because Christians worldwide would not go on a murderous rampage.

The real story here is that we have every reason to expect Muslims will, and yet that part of the story isn't considered to be the issue worth debating.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Before or after tackling a bear?

[HEyHEY]

31. OO, good point!

Some cock fighting would be good too.

[dkf]

28. Are you going to burn people next?

[DearAbby]

29. It would negate any plans for the cultrual center being peaceful.

Just because your friends are jumping off bridges doesn't make it a good idea, as Mom used to say.

I don't condone any book burnings, it smacks of fascism to me. What will be next? I don't understand why this idiot gets so much media time. It's like a crazed Howard Beale. And the Media pushes it on..and on...and on.

[blasto]

33. Want even more coverage

burn crosses on the steps of a mosque instead!