I'm glad to see pretty much universal condemnation of burning the Koran. Even Sarah Palin says no!

Don't forget the beer and the bacon.

Now that's how to fight a war on terror.

Really.

Just like nice weather and healthy babies, people disagreeing with violence aren't newsworthy. Terrible, devastating storms, kids born with serious disfigurements and crazy religious folk with a passion for murder are all 'sexy' stories that have the media we all love (and I once worked for) tearing chunks off each other to get to first.

You know it's true. Peace loving people no matter what their religious views are or how they express them just aren't going to make the headlines.

Which is precisely why we need a giant nude beer-n-bacon love-in.

Why would Muslims in other countries give a shit? We are the ones who went into Afghanistan and Iraq and killed thousands upon thousands of non-extremists. We look like the aggressor and terrorist to them.

I read of someone who had hung strips of bacon from his porch thinking it would keep muslims away from his house. Just in case clarification is needed, muslims aren't actually scared of bacon, they don't even really mind other folk eating it (both the muslim owned stores near here sell pork products) - they won't eat the stuff because they consider it to be unclean, that's all.

So what you are saying is that posting in the bacon thread isn't gonna save me?

Win.

This is what sucks. If he does do it, all of the Arab news outlets probably won't report that it was the act of one nut-job and that the majority of Americans were against it. To them, it won't matter.

I agree with what others said and thought the same thing myself...don't cover it. The news outlets should refuse to carry it. You may not be able to stop his right to do it, but you can take away his platform.

Wonder if they'll throw in some shots of americans dancing in the streets as part of the coverage....

Jinx - possibly so.

Ordinary people do stupid, evil things every day. The real problem is the media that chooses to report on it. And how they choose to report on it.

But they'll continue to do so, because it sells. This is nothing new, everyone knows this, it's not some profound revelation--but "free press" has nothing to do with ethics when it comes to TV news.

They killed Theo van Gogh for making a movie, tried to kill Rushdie for writing a book, and rioted over some cartoons. I should think this asshole would also be a marked man, which presents us with another coundrum... as distasteful as it may be, we have to protect him.

That thought did occur to me Bruce. I would imagine he would have thought about that too. My gut says he will stand down at the last minute and say that he made his point on calling attention to the evils of Islam.

The police protect witnesses, and the secret service protects VIPs, but celebrities have to get their own body guards.

I still say it is hate speech and is not protected by the first amendment.