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Mayor Bloomberg: Quran Burning 'Distasteful' But Minister Has Rights
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Mayor Bloomberg: Quran Burning 'Distasteful' But Minister Has Rights
| 09/ 7/10 05:56 PM |
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NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday that a Florida minister's plan to burn the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11 is "distasteful," but that the minister has a right to do it.
Bloomberg was asked about Pastor Terry Jones' plan to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks, amid a national debate about a planned Islamic center near ground zero. Jones is the pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, a small, evangelical Christian church with an anti-Islam philosophy in Gainesville, Fla.
"In a strange way, I'm here to defend his right to do that. I happen to think that it is distasteful. I don't think he would like it if somebody burned a book that in his religion he thinks is holy," the mayor said following a news conference about the progress of the reconstruction at the World Trade Center site.
He emphasized that Jones' planned act is protected by free speech rights. "We can't say that we're going to apply the First Amendment to only those cases where we are in agreement."
In recent weeks, the mayor has been defending the rights of Muslims to build a house of worship about two blocks north of the site of the attacks led by Islamist extremists that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed nearly 2,800 people.
During a dinner on Aug. 24 in observance of Iftar, the breaking of the daily fast during Ramadan, Bloomberg said opposing the construction of the proposed center, which would include a mosque, would be "compromising our commitment to fighting terror with freedom."
On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department called on Americans to "stand up" and denounce the planned Quran burning as "un-American" and as an inappropriate commemoration of the 9/11 attacks.
Officials have said the provocative act could endanger U.S. troops, diplomats and travelers overseas.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/07/mayor-bloomberg-quran-bur_n_707894.html
by ILYANA_ROZUMOVA on 08.09.2010 [17:02 ]
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are despicable morons.
Nobody has right to burn a holly book of any religion.
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by IranianShia on 08.09.2010 [19:13 ]
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continue to treat the Bible with respect, since we believe that some of it is God's word.
If we attack anything, it should be to verbally attack the myth of al-Qaeda, the myth of 9/11, and the myth of jihad to force conversion and kill non-Muslims.
We should debunk the myths of the holocaust, the lie of Israeli legitimacy.
Muslims should focus on exposing the atrocities of the USA in Iraq and Afghanistan such as the use of depleted uranium, and exposing the atrocities of the Zionist state against Palestinians and Lebanese people.
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by Ghengis on 09.09.2010 [00:09 ]
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The pastor is either an idiot, or an agent-provocateur, but he has the First Amendment right to free speech, in the same mannar as I have the right to burn the American flag that somebody else also considers to be "holy." The best thing was to ignore that silly man, and not to create a huge publicity for him.
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by Ghengis on 09.09.2010 [00:09 ]
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The pastor is either an idiot, or an agent-provocateur, but he has the First Amendment right to free speech, in the same manner as I have the right to burn the American flag that somebody else also considers to be "holy." The best thing was to ignore that silly man, and not to create a huge publicity for him.
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by ILYANA_ROZUMOVA on 09.09.2010 [03:23 ]
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Well Ghengis, if you disagree with Ilyana than you are automatically wrong.
Why?
Here is why:
Why the constitutional right to free speech does not give you a permission to shout fire in crowded theater?
Because if you shout fire, all people will run in panic to exit, which will result in injury or even possible of death of individual.
So:
In generalized sense if your free speech will result in death or injury of people, than you are responsible for it and you may be prosecuted.
As I recall Petraus already was objecting to the action of the priest.
So because the priest and bloomberg should be fluent in law and human relations, I have to promote them to fucken idiots.
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by ILYANA_ROZUMOVA on 09.09.2010 [03:34 ]
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Of course from fucken idiots you cannot expect certain decency and sensitivity to other people.
And on top of it it is offense to Good, and that should not be taken lightly.
(There is only one god, the only difference is that Christians and Muslims worship Him different ways.)
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by pilot-x on 09.09.2010 [04:05 ]
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I applaud him for that. First hint of some sanity have heard on TV in a long long time.
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by Ghengis on 09.09.2010 [10:12 ]
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"Why the constitutional right to free speech does not give you a permission to shout fire in crowded theater? "
Because you are on a private property, in a theater, and in order to express yourself you must obtain a permission from the owner of that place.
People routinely heckle the politicians on the government properties in the US, none I know of was prosecuted for that.
Now, if a moron wants to do some book burning on his private property, it is his right provided that he does not create any fire hazards.
Talking about offences against God..., reserve it for the Medieval history and the places like Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Now, about the consequences. If any American soldiers are killed in the Muslim countries because of it, then good riddance, they have no business to be there anyway. If any Muslims in the US are offended, then they are welcome to move out to the righteous places like Saudi Arabia or Iran. They have no business to come here if they disagree with the American custom of free speech on the religious matter.
Once you start limiting freedom of speech in political or religious matters, very soon your own speech would be limited like in a Commie or a Fascist state. Actually, I shouldn't even preach it to you, you seemed like an admirer of Fascism, so it should a good thing for you: ein Fuhrer, ein Volkes, ein Reich...
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by Ghengis on 09.09.2010 [10:42 ]
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if you decide to publically argue in the United States that your belowed Fuhrer Adolf was an angel and that the US should become a Nazi dictatorship, I'd be first to defend your right to do so. And if you decide to go to Russia to argue that duly hanged scoundrells and traitors Shkuro, Krasnov and Vlasov are Holy Saints, and Russia must establish medals in their names, I'd be first to support your right to express your views loudly, without harassment.
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by ILYANA_ROZUMOVA on 09.09.2010 [14:04 ]
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Freedom of speech is not limitless.
According to you if you are on public property, than you have a right to shout: lets kill all Muslims, or to shout lets kill all the Jews.
In my opinion you have no such a right.
And in my opinion shouting lets kill all the Muslims and burn the Holy Koran is pretty damn close.
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by Kamau_Ajamu on 09.09.2010 [14:30 ]
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...I tend to agree with Ilyana on this one. Although it is stated that we have a right to 'freedom of speech', that right doesn't give us the 'right' to shout fire in a crowded theatre because someone will get hurt. This falls under that category - someone will get hurt.
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by Kamau_Ajamu on 09.09.2010 [14:32 ]
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...I mean physically. If someone burns an American flag, only feelings will be hurt. The burning of a Quran can definitely lead to physical harm or death!
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by Ghengis on 09.09.2010 [21:16 ]
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Ah, so if Muslims are well known as very violent people, we have to prohibit speech against their holy book and their prophet ?
And if Buddhist, by definition, are very peaceful people, then the speech against Buddha may be tolerated ?
As far as I'm concerned, I don't give a damn about the hurt feelings of Muslims. While burning of any book is a totally uncivilized idea worthy of Middle Ages, Muslims can go to hell with their threats and acts of violence, their suicide bombings, their stoning of women for marital infidelity, their killings of converts into other religions, and for the rest of their acts of utter barbarity.
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by ILYANA_ROZUMOVA on 09.09.2010 [21:26 ]
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It was Lawrence of Arabia, and Shah Reza Pahlawi who made them so violent.
Too bad! Now it is too late.
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by Syrian on 10.09.2010 [21:47 ]
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I think he should buy as many Qu'ran as possible and burn them, thus subsidising the production of even more Qu'rans.
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by Syrian on 10.09.2010 [21:48 ]
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That's disinformation, most Muslims I know are laughing at this stunt. Sure, ameriFucks are going to get shot in Afghanistan over this, but that was going to happen anyway. This just shows how backwards AmeriKKKa is.
Book burning — in the 21st century.
In the 21st century.
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