Posted on 04/05/2011 4:28:42 PM PDT by B4Ranch
More On Koran Burning
In his response to Jonah Goldberg's comments on the Koran burning, Andrew McCarthy makes interesting observations, and, rather appropriately I believe,says that he doesn't find the burning of a Koran any more offensive in principle than its opposite extreme - the bizarre hyper-reverence with which the Koran is handled by the Defense Department. Personally, I'm amazed to learn of the "bizarre lengths" our military goes to in order to appease Muslim sensitivities, which surely serve to only re-enforce Islamists' beliefs and anti-non-Muslim behavior:
[...] Down at Gitmo, the Defense Department gives the Koran to each of the terrorists even though DoD knows they interpret it (not without reason) to command them to kill the people who gave it to them. To underscore our precious sensitivity to Muslims, standard procedure calls for the the book to be handled only by Muslim military personnel. Sometimes, though, that is not possible for various reasons. If, as a last resort, one of our non-Muslim troops must handle or transport the book, he must wear white gloves, and he is further instructed primarily to use the right hand (indulging Muslim culture's taboo about the sinister left hand). The book is to be conveyed to the prisoners in a "reverent manner" inside a "clean dry towel." This is a nod to Islamic teaching that infidels are so low a form of life that they should not be touched (as Ayatollah Ali Sistani teaches, non-Muslims are "considered in the same category as urine, feces, semen, dead bodies, blood, dogs, pigs, alcoholic liquors," and "the sweat of an animal who persistently eats [unclean things]."
(See, e.g., my 2007 post on Saudi government guidelines that prohibit Jews and Christians from bringing bibles, crucifixes, Stars of David, etc., into the country -- and, of course, not just non-Muslim accessories but non-Muslim people are barred from entering Mecca and most of Medina, based on the classical interpretation of an injunction found in what Petraeus is fond of calling the Holy Qur'an (sura 9:28: "Truly the pagans are unclean . . . so let them not . . . approach the sacred mosque").
McCarthy goes on to note that he's not a fan of book burning but that there is difference between burning a book as a form of censorship ... and burning a book as symbolic condemnation, which is what the Florida pastor did (which is essentially saying to the Islamists that their belief system is disgusting and incorrigible, and in dire need of reform - all of which indeed apply). Agree with Jones or not, freedom of speech means that we have to allow that argument to be made.
As for our military's kowtowing and appeasement of Muslims, it appears that we are voluntarily taking exceptional steps in helping the Islamists reach their goal of having the West submit to Islam. In fact, going by our treatment of the Koran at Gitmo, Petraeus' being so fond of referring to the Koran as "holy," and his destruction of bibles in Afghanistan, one could say we're already there!
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Next should be a dozen of them... drizzled in bacon fat, so they will burn easier!
Soon, but not without great tribulation. Prepare for that now ...
“If, as a last resort, one of our non-Muslim troops must handle or transport the book, he must wear white gloves, and he is further instructed primarily to use the right hand (indulging Muslim culture’s taboo about the sinister left hand). The book is to be conveyed to the prisoners in a “reverent manner” inside a “clean dry towel.”
Like they don’t have a camp mutt they can train to tote the stupid things?
Torch a pallet of Korans for every IED, be-haded civilian and terrorist attack.
Torch a pallet of Korans for every IED, be-headed civilian and terrorist attack.
I could loan 'em mine ;-)
I feel a Koran burning, tingly sensation going up my leg and I’m all out of Korans!
Aw, I can’t believe you let your poor dog eat that vile crap! I hope you gave him some listerine afterwards...
...only photobucket refused to host all my pics.
Luckily, barenakedislam.com picked them up and hosted them here.
Oh, I remember that!
Truly a classic for the ages...
I don’t know about you guys, but Barnhardt has given me a great idea....I am going to burn the Koran on Youtube also. Condemning someone for doing so, is tanatamount to the newspapers not printing the cartoons. It is an act of cowardice, and dhimmitude. As someone used to say in the cartoons, are we mice or are we men?
From the WSJ:"Most Afghans learned about the Quran burning in Florida only when Mr. Karzai on March 24 (4 days after!) condemned the act as "a crime against the religion and the entire Muslim nation," called on the U.S. and the U.N. to bring the perpetrators to justice and demanded "a satisfactory response to the resentment and anger of over 1.5 billion Muslims around the world."
General Petraeus has certainly won Karzai's heart and mind. /s
You would think that having our female troops wear muslim hijabs instead of K-pots would have been enough to placate them.
At the link below is a woman who isn't going to bow down to psychotic ragheads or pussified politicians.
Step 1.
Make sure your attorney is qualified in this area and that he will take your case because you can expect heat from the ever Muslum protective US government officials. The Koran is held in higher respect in Washington, DC and the majority of state capitols throughout the USA than the US Constitution is.
Step 2.
Gather the materials needed to start and extinguish fires.
Step 3.
Visit your local hog slaughtering shop;
Select the pieces of pork you prefer not to eat,tails, rectal orifices, tongues, snouts, knuckles, genitals, stomach, bladder, etc. Mix this into a finely ground batch of Holy Pork Mix. Spread evenly across the first layer of Korans. Place the 2nd layer on and spread another layer of your Holy Pork Mix across the dirty books, I mean the Korans. Continue doing this until you are down to five gallons of Holy Pork Mix. Spray or spread the remainder around the sides. Allow this to bake in the Sun for a few days. When it is fully enriched with fly sh!t and your neighbors are starting to hold their noses you’ll know it’s time to light the torch and send that stinkin pallet of hate into the flames of Hell.
No no no...
Dunk it in a jar of Urine. Liberals love that~!
If a World War II General had seen our men handling Hitler's Mein Kampf with that type of bullshit respect, he would have taken out his gun and shot the man...
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