While I'm very glad I live in a country where I and my fellow citizens are free to express ourselves in a myriad of ways including book burning, I do wish my fellow citizens would exercise good sense in their self-expression. I get the feeling that Mr. Jones down there in Gainesville is threatening to burn the Koran solely for provocative reasons. He may have deep feelings about Islam, but he has to know that threatening to burn its holy book serves no practical purpose other than annoying a huge swath of people, not just the 1.3 ~ 1.6 billion Muslims often cited, but millions of non-Muslims who find his actions repugnant.
How do we teach judgment?
Posted by Linkmeister at September 9, 2010 12:05 PM | TrackBack