tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post8618257716398330563..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Burning the Qur'an?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-59084992063620648542010-09-18T14:54:59.711+01:002010-09-18T14:54:59.711+01:00Quite, but I don't think there's any level...Quite, but I don't think there's any level of rebellion against God or insult against him that would get me acting like that. I rather suspect that Western journalists told crowds in Afghanistan to see how they'd react to make a better story out of it...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-9111909325597716642010-09-18T11:53:17.007+01:002010-09-18T11:53:17.007+01:00Muslims have a higher view of the actual letters o...Muslims have a higher view of the actual letters of the Quran than Christians do of the bible that isn't news. We may think they're wrong, but the comparison with burning a bible still isn't a particularly good one; if someone's made a jab at one of their sensitive points, we should look at our responses to our own sore points. This is like the cartoons of the prophet from a fewGreg Meliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117833887171740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-24141764623955127022010-09-11T12:43:57.961+01:002010-09-11T12:43:57.961+01:00Quite. It's like they're terrified of Isla...Quite. It's like they're terrified of Islam and Muslims. Is that because they've got what America is so badly lacking - willingness to inconvenience themselves for what they believe in?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-74918403656363462442010-09-11T11:25:47.347+01:002010-09-11T11:25:47.347+01:00"there's something odd going on."
Am..."there's something odd going on."<br />America at the moment reminds me of the ancient proverb - "Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad" which is wrongly attributed to Euripides. Large parts of the place seem to be going stark raving bonkers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com