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  • God just whispered into my ear: why not a beautiful girl but this stupid guy speaking?

  • @phatbieu Well, I've been refuted, haven't I?

    :-)

  • You did nothing except bring it to light for more people. Thanks!

  • OF ALL RELIGIONS, CHRISTIANITY IS VIOLENCE INCARNATE:

    SEE,Youtube, enter search Bush " Bush Responses To Burn The Quran Day "

  • why doesn't Terry Jones the terrorist , i/o burning books enlist with the US army & fight the talibans shoulder to shoulder with the marines; even the women in US army performing duties in iraq & afghanistan have more guts than this faggot named Terry Jones

  • Jesus told us the greatest deciever is the devil satan himself! John 8:44

    Allah also claims to be the greatest deciever Surah 3:54 arabic

    THAT IS NO COINSIDENCE FOLKS! ALLAH=SATAN HE IS DECIEVING POOR IGNORANT EASILY BRAINWASHED UN-EDUCATED PEOPLE INTO THINKING HE IS GOD! WAKE UP AND SAY NO TO ISLAM!

  • i think need to read and under stand the quran a day not to burn quran a day

  • sorry it didnt mean to u, i gave my comments to some one who gave comment on ur channel i gave my comments to , d day 321 who is dumb head

  • Why would you want to prevent another Jyllands Posten? It was an exercise in free speech. Wouldn't you rather prevent the reaction to that event?

  • HOW MANY COPIES OF QURAN U GONNA BURN OK U KNOW HOW MANY PEOPELS ON EARTH AR KEEPIN THE WHOLE HOLY BOOK OF QURAN IN THEIR CHESTS IN THEIR MINDS DO U KNOW WHEN WE PRAY BEHIND THE IMAM,LEADER WHO RECITE THE WHOLE BOOK ,AND HE CAN REPRDUCED THE WHOLE BOOK AGAIN U SILLY COWARD

  • @uzairaisha Did you even watch the video? Or read the title?

    I am telling people not to burn it.

    And insults are not the best way to debate things.

  • @Anekantavad i guess this person was talking to the people that are gonna burn the Quran

  • @Anekantavad sorry it did,nt mean to u i gave my answer to  d day321 he is a sicko dumb head

  • lmfao i can name a day after burning the bible day, but i wont do u know why? cause i have friends that worship the christ and they are not as dumb as you are.......

  • sir i know that those people who chose 2 burn quran don't represent western values i also want u 2 know that we dont care about wat those people planing 2 do ..

    i mean their only burning their books.. quran is more than just merely a book and am not worried at all even if every copy in the usa got burned that wouldn't matter 2 me i have my quran and its intact and am not letting any one burn it

  • @mohab1989 I am glad you see it that way. These people at the Dove World Outreach Center do not represent anyone, and they are a tiny minority that is making everyone in the west angry at them.

    I have 2 qur'ans thanks to them (I owned one, and I bought another recently) and neither will ever be shown disrespect.

    Thanks :-)

  • @Anekantavad thank u sir for ur decency and u sure know that this respect is mutual and that Muslims all around the world believe in Jesus Christ and his message to god and that we wont and cant disrespect Christianity or the bible

  • @Anekantavad I don't have enough words .. but I wish that THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH would be enough !

    Half of my family are English, and they respect Islam & I know that not all the Western people are like these idiots who want to burn our holy book .. my British family are decent respectful people .. just like you Sir.

    God bless you :o)

  • Let's all burn a copy! I'm off to get one now! I'll burn my'n outside the local Mosque! I'll Take a Mahamad Bear with me as well and hang it from a noose! Sick of all this tip toeing around these dirty bastard Killers! They burn our flags, insult our Country and yet they want to live here! - And our dumb people embrace them and bend over and take it! Well they can shove their evil book up their arses!

  • @Dday321 If that is your recipe for a better world, I hope you are never in a position to run a government ;-)

  • @Anekantavad

    It's important political speech to burn the koran. The only reason muslims act so shocked at the sight of a burned koran is because, thanks to people like you, they've never seen one burned before. and it's irrelevant how many muslims believe in islam, that is not relevant was to whether their book is full of nonsense or not

  • @robocong7420 Thanks to people like me? Who might "people like me" be?

  • @Anekantavad

    People like you = politically-correct sheep, who would probably sit by like a little puss and watch muslims gang-rape your wife and children, if they told you allah gave them the right.

  • @robocong7420 Amazing! You know all that based upon a few postings on Youtube! And you have described me to a T! My hats off to your powers!

    :-)

  • @Anekantavad

    You submissive pussy posting videos asking others to be subservient to jizzlam, i mean islam. You're the type of effeminate coward whose anus self-lubricates and auto-dialates in the presence of muslim men. You're a disgrace to the West, oh wait, you're not even American. Figures!

  • @robocong7420 |t figures, does it?

    Whatever ...

  • @Anekantavad

    There's absolutely nothing wrong with burning a koran. It's an american thing, you wouldn't understand.

  • @Dday321 dare ;)

  • @Dday321 lets all burn a copy! ill burn the bible outside a local church and then sh*t on it n clean my arse with it.

  • @muslimBOLT if you are muslim then you remove the coment because its nasty and we as a muslims we belive in bible and tora too so its against our religion of Islam to burn any holy book where are any of our prophet's names is in.

    let anybody burn Quran if they wish, that will show just how ignorant and stupid are.

    also as a muslim you can burn Quran if the book is damaged, and if you ask me I better like to see my book burn than see that devil man place my book in some dirty place. Selam

  • How about we have a "don't be such a pussy and do what the fuck we want because America is the richest and strongest country in the world day"

    Titties!

  • @se4821 You sound like Denis Leary. What was that song?

    Anyway, I am a Canadian.

  • How about wipe your arse with the Koran day

  • @Themadaussie1973 If that's how you show what kind of person you are, there's not much I am interested in doing to interfere ...

  • @Anekantavad They don't respect us they never have and never will.

    For the life of me I do not understand why people want to pay respect to a stoneage religion like Islam they hate our guts.

  • thanks for being decent and respectful

  • You are a very wise man

  • your probably one of the few non Muslims i ADMIRE at this point :)

  • speaking of swords... the word sword was never mentioned in the Quran at all

    the word sword was mentioned in the bible over 300 times

    burning the Quran won't hurt the quran but it will create more enenimes and more hatred towards americans... unfortunately

  • @Wurood1976 Well, I am hoping that people who are disgusted by this disgusting new 'celebration' speak out as I have, and others are.

  • @Anekantavad

    there's nothing "disgusting" about burning a paper book. the muslim mentality i agree is disgusting, but not burning a book, you extreme leftist radical

  • One example of open-minded person...

  • By translation from the Arabic, Islam means - literally - 'submission'; the submission of Muslim and non-Muslim to the supposed 'laws of Allah' as they have been promulgated in the Quran. That means death for those who wish to leave the Islamic faith (check this out with Sura 18, verses 75 and 81, if you really find this difficult to believe). This is undoing every achievement of western civilistion over the past 500 years, including liberty of conscience, equality before the law, & much more.

  • @MagnusNielsenBewick Yawn :-)

  • The consequence of the Muslim reaction to the Danish Cartoons is that those cartoons are now all over the Internet. Some Muslims were crushed to death in the riots. Those cartoons should have been published in every newspaper in the free world as a matter of public interest. The cowardice of the media in the face of Muslim aggression is astonishing and deeply disturbing. The values of Islam are wholly incompatible with the values of liberal democracy. We must be allowed to freely criticise.

  • I appreciate your arguments about this, and I hate book-burning (of ANY book, perhaps apart from anything by Dan Brown), but if Muslims get violent about this, they really are no better than the book-burning bastards. (Bow before my alliteration. BOW! BOW!)

  • @OxTheWriter

    Onomatopoeia

    I don't wanna see ya

    Speakin' in a foreign tongue :-)

    Don't Burn Any Book Day. Sept11

  • @Anekantavad,

    Reminds me of the old complaint I made as a kid. "Why isn't there a Children's Day?" "Why, every day is Children's Day."

    As far as I'm concerned, every day IS actually Don't Burn Any Book Day. So don't think I'm not down with this cause, brother. (Pardon the familiarity.)

    And thanks for the continued injection of reason into YouTube.

  • @OxTheWriter Very well put.

  • how about dont give a shit about the quaran and dont even mention it day. like I do with the bible. still I hope no one gets hurt over this bullshit.

  • The only sword that Muslims need to sharpen is their own sword if intellect. We need to spread the word in the Muslim community- and raise the awareness about such things as agent provocatures, etc. It is the agents among the Muslims who will encourage violence. Anekantavad- I'll share your video with my Muslim brothers and sisters. May your efforts be prospered. I caught a group of agent provactures on tape in Manhattan. Please watch

  • @Asad1969 There's trouble-makers on all sides in conflicts like this.

  • Thanks your a great man peace.

  • Whilst we're on the subject of books.

    Tony Blair's autobiography sounds like a great book...to get the fire going :)

  • Nice video!

  • You can also blame the media for giving this goon Florida pastor more attention then he deserves, He is like Fred Phelps except he is against Islam and ironically the separation of church & state.

  • @Obasiliasfilosofos Yes indeed. Some have suggested that I am adding to that, but I guess I believe that the cat is already out of the bag on this one in terms of media attention, and I'd just like to say that these peoples' planned 'even' revolts me.

  • @Anekantavad Read 'event' :-)

  • wow these people ... do you see Muslims insulting Jesus pbuh or burning the Bible ? ... no

    what do we see

    we see Christians Jews and atheists not saying all but some messed up people insulting our prophet and burning our book .... disgusting 

  • @edlgotbanged There's a 100 year-old Catholic church in the center of Tusis with no security guards. It is in no danger. In 2002 an ancient synagogue was bombed on the island of Djerba and the population was aghast, to the point where the Tunisian gov't finally got the excuse they needed to crack down hard on religious extremists. In almost every Muslim country, being a good Muslim is a highly-respected thing. Being a religious fanatic makes you hated and feared.

  • This reminds me..Couple years ago in Turkey 3 people,(their hands tied and throats slashed ) killed for printing and distributing bible.I rather prefer the killerscould choose to burn the bibles instead.I can not say I respect quran more than I do to my porn collection but burning book can not eradicate the books engraved in peoples minds (I dont believe that licking muslims ass is a solution either). Thats why I can not shout up! I`m against burning books but support criticism(harsh or smooth)

  • @AmdanAbla99 Are you saying that Muslims needn't fear deadly violence in the west? I am not saying that you are, but if you do believe that I must disagree.

  • @Anekantavad I think muslims are enough aware where are they safe where not.Just observe:where are they coming from and where are they going true? Do you think in the west,muslims dont have any contribution to the hate which might turn into a deadly violance in the future?

  • @AmdanAbla99: Muslims who are educated know that Uthman (the 3rd Khalif) made a bon-fire out of a pile of Qurans during his rule over the Muslim community. So the shock value of such a thing was exhausted over 1400 years ago. Nowhere does the Quran instruct violence over book burning. Therefore, if Muslims get upset and become violent over this event, its is because they are NOT practicing Islam. Quran 3:111-112 warns us about this particular group of so-called Christians.

  • ...Also not every Moslem support the 9/11 attacks.But now the western civilisation think that all moslems are terrorists.I for example are disgusted by the 9/11 attacks also.But when people hear that i am a Turk they say you are terrorist.This whole sit and wait to see what will happen system don't work anymore.Fredom can't be unlimited.This is an attempt.İn my oppinion this is enough to speak with this man seriously and tell him the consequences.National and international.

  • Its above fredom , its above fredom of speach , its above fredom of religion.Its a hate crime.the US authorities have to act or the situation will be irrevocable.

  • @zippo807 I'm not sure the authorities in the US have the legal means to intervene. That's the flip-side of freedom. Everyone has the freedom to give offense.

    I would just like to point out that not everyone supports what they plan to do. In fact, many of us are disgusted by it.

  • @Anekantavad "I'm not sure the authorities in the US have the legal means to intervene."

    Unless it is a fire hazard. Then by all means, "Hand all books to your local fireman for safe disposal."

    Oh, I kid... I kid.

  • @Koss42 Heh heh ... I wonder if it's being seriously considered ...

    I also don't envy the local cops. They have to keep the peace, while a bunch of fundamentalists are determined to go to war. I can imagine a few cops daydreaming of boiling a few pastors in oil once in a while :-)

  • @Anekantavad I think for the most part, even people who are against Islam or hate it due to misconstrued stereotypes are still against book burning.

    As you say again and again, there is a very deep line of history associated with burning books. And most people are disgusted by it.

    Same with flag burning. Oddly enough, sometimes burning a flag is the proper response to dispose of a flag if it is damaged or desecrated.

    It is all in the context I suppose.

  • ...Who People's social class, race, religion, sect or region difference in terms of features one segment, another segment against hatred and enmity openly incite anyone, so public safety in terms of clear and immediate danger of the emergence, in case one to three years imprisonment...

  • This whole burn a Qur'an day turned to a national securtiy issue of the USA.Authorities who will accept this behaviour risk the future of the Us citizens.I would lock this crazy man to a cell and trow the key to the sea.If somebody would to dare burn a bible we lock him from 1 to 3 years in the jail.The Turkish Criminal Justice is very clear about that. Article 216 says : ...

  • I never understood the problem with book burning. In this case I do, but with book burning nowadays, there's very few circumstances where you burning a book is burning the only book of that kind. The information contained in that book likely exists online or in a million other libraries or stores. Especially a religious text.

  • @riseofatheism If burning books didn't have powerful symbolic shock value, they wouldn't be doing it.

    This is fiction, but it's a pretty accurate scene

    watch?v=mvjo3mOU8ws

  • @Anekantavad

    "If burning books didn't have powerful symbolic shock value"

    I agree with that, but there are other objections I don't agree with.

  • @riseofatheism I would like to hear them, if you've got the time.

  • jyllands posten wasnt caused because of the cartoons.

    it was caused by the apeasement of western goverments to coersive islamism and failure of eu.

    egypt may have wanted a saying on it, but few messages from foreing ministers would have been enough to pull the plug of the street sharades .

    any goverment can place red lines and carry its message across very clearly if it wants to.

    muslims need to accept that their religion/prophet will be made fun of, and there is nothing they can do about it.

  • @amet1980 Well, what I am doing has nothing to do with appreasement. To me, this is about common decency and avoiding pointless trouble. I don't see what purpose is served by it as IMO they already know that there's nothing they can do about the vilification of their religion. One need only surf the nest to see that.

  • @Anekantavad it has sunk in to most muslims that freedom of speech,is not retractable, a quite dramatic change from the feeling some islamic orgs had in 2005.

    no matter how distastefull the specific act is, its still with the boundaries of civil rights.

    ultimatly getting through to religious leaders and making understand the boundaries and the red lines of western tolerance, is a policy that would have saved lives.

    i on the other hand think the whole multiculturalist experiment will end bad.

  • @amet1980 This is why I will not question these people's right to do what they plan to do. But I can't stay silent when things like this are going on. We keep upping the ante, year after year, with our endless attempts to offend. Where is this going?

  • @amet1980 Quite. In this case the context seems clear. Muslims are being quite literally demonized. The internet pretty much guarantees that religion is no longer sacrosanct, but claiming that 1.5bil people are in league with satan isn't exactly the sort of language that's conducive to peace on earth :-)

  • I appreciate the initiative. Peach has a really good video on the topic. I plan to make a modest video in opposition to book burning.

  • I wont bother giving a shit. so many people giving the muslims too much publicity. fuck em. ignore the fucktarded. in time they will fade away. quit adding fuel to the fire. nuff said.

  • @Slapnuts6931 I'm afraid that I don't think that Islam is likely to fade away anytime soon.

  • @Anekantavad ok. so fuck islam . fuck all religion. I say this all the time and I get slammed for it...from fuckin athiests. why? just bein a dick here. why?

  • @Slapnuts6931 Well, I am just saying that there are 1.5bil Muslims on the earth today, and it might be a little bit unrealistic to expect them to stop being Muslims anytime soon. That is the reality of the situation.

    I understand your position, and I won't give you grief about it. But with respect, I must differ.

  • @Slapnuts6931 "I get slammed for it...from fuckin athiests. why? just bein a dick here."

    Well other than people don't usually like "dick"s... it is because Atheists can disagree. We have no tennets, no manifesto, no holy scripture that tells us what and how to think. What morality to have. There is no objective outside influence that tells us what we believe.

    Therefore, you are going to get criticism. Like any other belief or viewpoint in the world. Why do you care if others agree with you?

  • @Slapnuts6931 Islam will fade away?

  • Such an act as burning books is something i wouldnt ever agree with no matte how much i disagree with the contents, especially with religous books. I mean burning the Qur'an will give those with extremist views within islam more ammunition against the west.

  • @forashy616 That's exactly it. Where are we going with this? What comes after "Burn the Qur'an Day"? Do we just keep upping the ante?

  • @Anekantavad

    What comes after "Burn the Qur'an Day"?

    Burn the Bible day, would you have the same concerns over that?

    And if so, would you have the same reasons?

  • @franky225 Burn a Mein Kampf/Communist Manifesto/Anarchist Cookbook/Satanic Bible/Harlequin Romance Day in a big pile would repel me the same way. It is the purest form of hysteria.

    watch?v=mvjo3mOU8ws

  • @Anekantavad

    Would the burning of any of these books cause the same level of violence (or indeed any violence) that you seem to think is inevitable from this koran burning day?

    If not why not?

  • @franky225 I can't speak for anyone else, nor am I going to predict the actions of someone I have never met.

    Do you believe it would? If so, why?

  • @Anekantavad

    So why do think you can predict the actions of (some) muslims on burn a Koran day. (using your own argument aginst you) :)

    re: your question NO, In the 21st century no-one gives enough of a toss.

    PS: I hope I'm not being to much of pain, I enjoy your videos immensely even though I disagree lots.

    and thanx for not blocking me, some do you know, :)

  • @franky225 You'll have to do a lot more to get blocked :-)

    I think that it could indeed result in violence. Why? Because many Muslims worldwide are relatively new to the concept of the permissive society. Over time that will change, as they realize that the odd extremist or rabble-rouser doesn't represent the society they belong to, anymore than Osama represents them.

  • @Anekantavad

    I hope your right .

    Thanks for responses

    Franky225

  • I don't have one so it's not really something I could do.

  • @MrKrov No, and not everyone sees the issue the same way I do. I respect peoples' take on this as an issue of protest and free speech, and that's why I am careful not to support any restrictions on these peoples' rights, however much I disagree with them.

  • @Anekantavad Uh, I did watch the video where you said that. Maybe I should have been clearer by tacking on an anyways at the end?

  • @MrKrov Heh heh ... I'm not the quickest on the uptake :-)

  • Am I alone in being a little fed up with Christians burning books they don't like?

  • @mrgodbehere I thought we banished that with the Nazis and the Taleban.

  • I think more power will be added to the message if one not only holds a copy of the Qur'an (if they have one), but also saying the following:

    "I read books, I don't burn them."

  • @GiantBlueAnteater

    Colonel Vogel: “What does the diary tell you that it doesn’t tell us?”

    Professor Henry Jones: “It tells me that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try reading books instead of burning them.”

    "Indiana Jones. The Last Crusade"

  • @RtFusion2001 Criticism is perfectly okay, and freedom of expression is an absoulte right. But this is deliberate offense, and I am availing of my right to free speech in denouncing it.

  • Its an interesting dichotomy - or perhaps it is not a dichotomy at all – when everyone wanted to draw Muhammad the focus seemed to be on speech and with this burning there is a totally different feeling but I think both activities are linked by respect. Proponents of the Drawing Day wanted respect for their perceived rights to speech but this burning seems to abrogate the idea of respect entirely. Its just fear. I suppose fear thrives in the place where respect should be.

  • @lucifael1 It looks to me as though these lovely people in Gainesville are deliberately trying to provoke and offend. They have that right, and I won't dispute it. But I will speak against it as an affront to human decency.

  • I left some comments on the video of an unnamed user, quite proud of them aside from being skilled button pushing they were damn true.

    He stated it was for "the theatrics" i pointed out that the filming of the event and its sharing was for him to receive ego pats (of hate mongers and group mentality types).

    Really annoyed me if im honest its real star wars dark side shit, the insecurity of an individual leads to alienation of a group which leads to hate which leads to anger and on to war 4 all.

  • @SothisAmon That's precisely it. We know just how offensive this is, and we also know what kind of trouble it could lead to. I think this is a very bad idea for a protest, and the people doing it aren't exactly the kind of people you'd invite to a barbecue.

  • @Anekantavad

    What kind of trouble?

    Islam is a peaceful religion (so I'm told) There is nothing to fear :)

  • @franky225 I believe in Freedom of Speech, but I know what will happen if I walk up to a professional boxer and make certain remarks about his wife/mother/daughter.

  • @Anekantavad

    Your boxer analogy could be compared to Rushdi, or the cartoonist

    Do you think they were asking for a bloody nose also?

    Do you think violence is an acceptable response to an insult ?

    You sound like you do to me.

  • @franky225 I suppose we all hear what we want to hear.

    You will see in several other comments I have made that I have said that violence and rioting and murser is never acceptable.

  • @franky225 PS: Please keep the comments coming. I know there will be people ready to twist my words, strawman me and deliberately decontextualize what I say when I make the video. I know you are not doing any of these things, but some people will do so :-)

  • IIRC, there was a wise Jewish guy, who lived in the early 19th century, who said "where they burn books, they'll one day burn people". what was his name again?

  • @Albukhshi Heinrich Heine. And it turns out he was right.

  • I´m also against book burnings (please, at least TRY to learn something from history people!), therefore i will mirror your upcoming video on that subject.

  • @Thareen79 Thanks! Maybe we can get people a little more aware.

    Book-burning just looks too Nazi-like for me.

  • U shine again

  • @abboooody :-)

  • Great idea. I remember about 2 years ago a video by dendrophilian was purposefully bumped up to the most watched list on youtube by members of the atheist community repeated reloading the page. I'm surprised this doesn't happen very often.

  • @GirlyVoice Wouldn't that be a surprise! Well, if it prevents another Jyllands-Posten, I am all for it!

  • @Anekantavad I think a date should be set, perhaps the 10th. Its not much to ask people to refresh and "like" the video a few times particularly if they feel you have a message that needs hearing.

  • @GirlyVoice That's an excellent idea. I was just going to do it, but I figured I'd just talk it over a bit before I went ahead.

    Your suggestion is excellent!

  • This is exactly what the globalists want, for people to scapegoat Islam and see it as an evil.

    This is a repeat of what Hitler did, but people are too stupid to see it.

  • @PersoAryanism I agree. Burning books sends a chill down my spine. They're not burning my copy, and I'll probably make another video on 9-11.

  • I'm torn on doing anything on this topic. I can't help but feeling it's just giving attention to a bunch of nutters. Attention is what they want, so they can have that big showdown.

    It isn't like we can stop them. But your idea is not a bad idea.

  • @TheTruePooka I know. It's not really a black-and-white topic, as there are issues of freedom of speech, assembly and expression etc, and I do not in any way believe that these people should be subjected to any restrictions if they don't break any law.

    Personally, I believe that religion is a fantasy, but this is IMO a case of deliberately being as offensive as possible and goes beyond the religion vs reason debate,

    But I certainly hear you.

  • What are your thoughts on "Burn a Confederate Flag Day"?

    tinyurl[DOT]com/26a34a7

  • @CousinoMacul I don't understand why anyone would show such disrespect. The South lost the war. No need to go crazy on them 150 years later.

  • @Anekantavad For one thing, many southerners are "still fighting" the war. Also, that flag has since become a well recognized symbol of racism and intolerance. Also, did you read the explanation at the link I left? It might help you understand. Particularly it might help you understand that it's not meant as a protest of the South, but of right wing demagogues.

  • @CousinoMacul Yes, I understand the connotations of the use of the stars-and-bars today, but that only proves that extremists have hijacked the symbol of the CSA. I'd prefer to see the flag taken back by the mainstream, as the South wasn't just slavery and lynchings. There was a lot of idealism in the CSA as well.

    Besides, I am a Canadian, and it seems an internal American matter and thus none of my business anyway :-)

  • @Anekantavad "There was a lot of idealism in the CSA as well."

    Yes, they longed for the ideal of an everlasting, white, gentried, slave owning society.

  • Andy is the MAN

  • @Lucem2 Heh heh ... Well, thanks! :-)

  • What I don't understand is why people have to be stupid. If you don't like something be better, be smarter. Don't be as stupid as the ones you don't like. It is just sad. Regards and have a skilful life. Pinge

  • @PingeMusic I know they are stupid and probably not 100% sane. But I think if we just distance ourselves loudly enough, the Muslims of this world will see the same thing - that they are considered crazies even in the west.

  • @Anekantavad A god point there! I am with you on this one, always have been. Regards and have a skilful life. pinge

  • @PingeMusic Thanks. But I'll have to tread carefully. I support freedom of expression but I am disgusted by "Burn a Qur'an Day".

  • i got to side with the burning.

    and i hope they burn all their bibles and torahs also

  • @mikesomething Side with it? Well, that's your right. I just don't see how it serves any useful purpose.

  • @Anekantavad well, i see religion as a problem and islam as the biggest of all religious problems, even though its being carried out by a church, and its dumb, i feel anything anti-religious (within reason) gets my vote.

    people have tried reasoned logic for centuries and failed, believers dont listen to logic, so hell, lets see where some irrationality gets us

  • @mikesomething I agree that this isn't a black/white issue, and I understand the powerful statement it would make in terms of freedom of speech etc. I just think it may be a bit overboard - and I am an almost fanatical lover of books :-)

  • @Anekantavad I am almost a fanatical lover of books also. Even with the ones I dislike or disagree with, I will rather see them read by many rather than subjected to Fahrenheit 451.

  • @Koss42 That's how I see it. I can't shake this image when book-burning come up - fiction or not :-)

    watch?v=mvjo3mOU8ws

  • @Anekantavad "That's how I see it. I can't shake this image when book-burning come up - fiction or not :-)

    watch?v=mvjo3mOU8ws"

    Yeah, I'm right up there with you.

    On a funny note, I know someone who REFUSES to even taste Indian food because he thinks they all eat monkey brains like in the Temple of Doom.

    He's missing out. I love Indian cuisine.

  • @Koss42 I know. Indians are actually obsessive about what they will eat and what they will not eat, and the eyeball-soup in The Temple of Doom was just comic relief.

    Tandoori paneer! Yum!

  • @Anekantavad

    Mmm, I want indian food now.

  • @mikesomething :people have tried reasoned logic for centuries and failed, believers dont listen to logic, so hell, lets see where some irrationality gets us"

    I am better, and know better than to stoop so low as to subject anything I dislike to hatred and bigotry.

    This is the reason we value freedom of religion. What would these people do if they were in power? How would they treat us, the irreligious? The enemy of my enemy... sure but within the bounds of reason.

    This is not reasonable.

  • @Koss42 dude, plz.

    your words are subjective, and bother me.

    burning a book is not low, its not hatred and its not bigotry.

    it can be simply a deep felt disagreement with the the problem we face with religion

    example, i feel drugs are bad, so i burn cocaine. this does not mean i am bigoted, or i hate cocaine, it just means i wish to send the message that "i think this is NOT cool", and reason has failed, YET i still want to send a message

  • @mikesomething Your words are also subjective, but don't really bother me.

    Burn whatever you like, I won't outlaw it but instead strongly disagree with it. And remind you of it no matter how bothered you are by it.

  • @mikesomething I don't really care about keeping things sacred. Draw Muhammad day had a reason behind it. To defend freedom of speech and the free press.

    What does burning Holy Books do for your cause? Other than pissing theists off. How is that going to solve anything? It will just be misunderstood and reinforce their already wrong preconceptions and stereotypes of non-theistic individuals.

    I used the words hate and bigotry due to the history of book burning, and the context of this group

  • @mikesomething (Continued)

    Destroying cocaine or drugs is what our government already does. They do it to prevent that quantity they captured to be used. In your example, you would do it to say its not "cool".

    I doubt cocaine users would even care if you thought their drug of choice was cool or not.

    Calling yourself an Atheist already shows others you have a disagreement with their beliefs. I fail to see how burning anything will stop religion. Or free minds. Just reinforces false stereotypes.

  • @Koss42 When saying our government, I really ment the US government. I don't know if you live here or not... just a tendency due to living in the US and speaking with only Americans except for on the internet.

    I wouldn't doubt it if other governments incinerate drugs they outlaw.

    Just catching a mistake if there is one.

  • great idea ! I'm looking forward to your video and i'm quite optimistic about the impact it will have.

  • @MetalHeart678 I certainly hope so. I'm just one person, but I know I'm not the only western skeptic who feels this way.

  • This childish stunt will also increase the sale of the bible in Islamic countries, for a few days.

  • @8824snipe It'll also give more ammunition to those who say the Islamic world and the West are natural enemies, when we most certainly are not.

  • @Anekantavad Totally agree, who knows what it could escalate into. Some people just don't think about the possible consequence's of their actions.

    Peace.

  • @8824snipe I know. And for what? What is possibly gained by this?

  • @Anekantavad Nothing positive.

  • Yeah, I share your sentiments. I'm rather unimpressed with this display of idiocy being endorsed.