I just read a small snippet in the newspaper about the proposed burning of the Quran in Florida. In the paper, there was a picture of a protest by Muslims in which they were burning an American flag and an effigy of the pastor who plans to burnt he Qurans.
Is it just me, or does the public at large really not get it? Do people really believe this behavior is acceptable? Can you see the irony? It’s OK to burn MY flag, but should one do anything disparaging against the Quran then holy shit – kill people and burn buildings!!
To quote Chuck Morse (conservative talk show host and writer), who showed how successful “Islamic fundamentalist have been…in their international campaign of threats and terror…the world is now cowering in fear.”
When are we going to stop living in fear of Islam?
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Burning the Quran
Recently, I heard about the preacher in Florida that plans to burn the Quran on September 11th. The guy or church obviously wanted the publicity as nobody would probably find out about a small church burning a book.
Now, before I go any further let me state that I completely agree with everyone who has said that this is not a good idea. I do not believe that if you want to resolve a conflict you do so by antagonizing someone. Clearly burning the Quran is going to antagonize Muslims.
So let me get to my second opinion – I say go for it. I am sick and tired of people being afraid of retaliation by Muslims. Doesn’t anyone get it? It’s not a religion of peace. If it were, we wouldn’t be concerned about a militant uprising, riots, and death threats. People get upset when there is flag burning, bible burning, etc., but the entire media doesn’t pick it up and run it as a story because ultimately we tolerate it and respect it as a First Amendment right.
In this case, however, the media has picked it up and is saying how terrible things are going to be. Why? Were it truly a religion of peace there shouldn’t be ANY worry of violence. Peaceful protesting? Sure. Saying it’s wrong? Absolutely. Threating people and blowing stuff up? What is wrong with you?
In my opinion, Muslims show their true colors in situations like this. Hey, look….if you are a Muslim and you are reading this – if you truly want to foster a positive relationship with American and the rest of the world then don’t do ANYTHING. That’s right. Ignore it. Let it go and simply ignore it. If you want to agree that it was in poor taste and let that be it that's fine, but otherwise don't do anything. I’ll believe Muslims as a whole are peaceful when they stop perpetuating and supporting violent behavior. If “radical” Muslims kill somebody over this and millions of “peaceful” Muslims flock to the street in protest of the violent behavior, then I’ll change my tune.
Are we placing bets?
Now, before I go any further let me state that I completely agree with everyone who has said that this is not a good idea. I do not believe that if you want to resolve a conflict you do so by antagonizing someone. Clearly burning the Quran is going to antagonize Muslims.
So let me get to my second opinion – I say go for it. I am sick and tired of people being afraid of retaliation by Muslims. Doesn’t anyone get it? It’s not a religion of peace. If it were, we wouldn’t be concerned about a militant uprising, riots, and death threats. People get upset when there is flag burning, bible burning, etc., but the entire media doesn’t pick it up and run it as a story because ultimately we tolerate it and respect it as a First Amendment right.
In this case, however, the media has picked it up and is saying how terrible things are going to be. Why? Were it truly a religion of peace there shouldn’t be ANY worry of violence. Peaceful protesting? Sure. Saying it’s wrong? Absolutely. Threating people and blowing stuff up? What is wrong with you?
In my opinion, Muslims show their true colors in situations like this. Hey, look….if you are a Muslim and you are reading this – if you truly want to foster a positive relationship with American and the rest of the world then don’t do ANYTHING. That’s right. Ignore it. Let it go and simply ignore it. If you want to agree that it was in poor taste and let that be it that's fine, but otherwise don't do anything. I’ll believe Muslims as a whole are peaceful when they stop perpetuating and supporting violent behavior. If “radical” Muslims kill somebody over this and millions of “peaceful” Muslims flock to the street in protest of the violent behavior, then I’ll change my tune.
Are we placing bets?
Give up more personal time?
I’m out of town…again. I sure feel like I have been on the road way too much this year. I even told my boss that I was traveling too much. He agreed, but didn’t have a good answer for me. Unfortunately, we are still short staffed.
For some reason, we just can’t seem to find anyone that meets all of our qualifications and lives where we need them to, or is willing to move where we need them to. For that reason, I may start traveling up to Montana even more. I love MT, but I’m just sick of traveling. I had to work out a few details before I’d agree to start going up there. Looks like I am going to have to do 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. At least until we get someone else trained to take over the position – I figure that will take a few months.
One of the conditions for me to start going up there again was no travel on the weekends. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you know that this was a major problem for me last time I was going up there all the time. When I agreed to stay with the company one of the stipulations was that I would no longer travel on my time unless there were mitigating circumstances – regular work does not qualify.
Surprisingly enough the company asked if I’d meet them in the middle and travel on one of my weekend either going up or coming back. Basically, would I be willing to ignore our current agreement and forget the fact that I have been traveling my ass off this year, and forget that I am trying to do them a favor. I can see where they are coming from, but I’m not willing to give that up and said as much. Strange.
I hope we find someone soon. This is going to be tough….
For some reason, we just can’t seem to find anyone that meets all of our qualifications and lives where we need them to, or is willing to move where we need them to. For that reason, I may start traveling up to Montana even more. I love MT, but I’m just sick of traveling. I had to work out a few details before I’d agree to start going up there. Looks like I am going to have to do 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. At least until we get someone else trained to take over the position – I figure that will take a few months.
One of the conditions for me to start going up there again was no travel on the weekends. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you know that this was a major problem for me last time I was going up there all the time. When I agreed to stay with the company one of the stipulations was that I would no longer travel on my time unless there were mitigating circumstances – regular work does not qualify.
Surprisingly enough the company asked if I’d meet them in the middle and travel on one of my weekend either going up or coming back. Basically, would I be willing to ignore our current agreement and forget the fact that I have been traveling my ass off this year, and forget that I am trying to do them a favor. I can see where they are coming from, but I’m not willing to give that up and said as much. Strange.
I hope we find someone soon. This is going to be tough….
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