Oh, lordy, lordy.
I'm jumping onto this rather late, but I have had other things on my mind. Such as the beginning of the football season.
Only kidding, but it is an odd and poignant coincidence that this Saturday (staple day for football games) is 9/11. The day after Eid. And the day that a certain church has decided to hold a book-burning party. But not the benign kind like my friend's roasting of her O-chem notes.
In response, there have been protests in Kabul and other cities around the world. And it's not just Muslims; the Secretary of State and General Petraeus have also condemned the event, with the latter saying that it puts troops in Afghanistan at risk. But the church are going ahead with it anyway.
And technically they have the legal right to. Freedom of speech, what previous generations have fought for. But someone has to put out an Amber Alert for common sense. Whatever you feel about the politics or theology of it all, this is really no time to be fanning the flames. Or more than just Qur'ans will get burnt.
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