The Qur'an burning.

emorylegacy
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:29:10 +0000

Quoted from somewhere else



The Cordoba Initiative is nothing like this guy – I wish people would stop making the false comparison.

Ok, let’s say that a black man walks into city hall. An elderly man becomes upset – he was once mugged by a black man, and suspects (based on the fact that the man is black) that it’s the same guy. (It’s not.) And if not, the black man is still bringing back bad memories for him. If the black man were compassionate and interested in racial harmony, he’d just leave – but there he is, paying his water bill. He could pay it by mail, couldn’t he? What an outrage!

Now, a white man walks in and starts recruiting for the KKK. He’s going on and on about how black men are all muggers and evil and whatnot. The black man watches for a minute, and then tells the white man just where he can stick it.

But weren’t the white man and the black man really the same? Both had a right to be there, sure. But there’s a difference between what you have a right to do, and doing what’s right. And both men were offensive – as evidenced by the fact that someone was offended. So it’s the same thing, really. Right?

No. Obviously no. A gazillion times, no. Only an idiot would think them the same.

Similarly, there’s something really, really offensive about burning a koran. There’s nothing offensive about being Muslim, no matter where your mosque is located. There’s no comparison to be made



Just wanted to put that out there