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Should Congress Ban Burning of the Quran

Would You Support Legislation that Would Ban Burning/Destroying the Quran?


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It's not ok to use freedom of speech to cause foreigners to want o kill us. If you want to burn a Koran do it in the bathroom. ROFL The bathroom is also a good place to cry about your precious right to say anything you want to say no matter the harm.

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Well there are limits on free speech such as yelling fire in a theater. This is not however the case. We as a country should not let what amounts to threats dictate our law and cause freedoms we have fought and died over to be relinquished because of foreign entities.
 
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What if a child was taught to be hateful and murderous. Would his killing spree be his fault alone?

It depends on the mental conditioning. You would have to talk to someone who knows more about legal/psychiatric issues, but the people who did these killings had their mental facaulties, and were capable of controlling their actions. Mental conditioning is far different than most speech.

If there is no other purpose than pissing off foreigners then it should be banned. It is the governments job to pick our fights, not any insividuals.

So should we put women in Burqas, deny the Holocaust happened, and ban a whole load of other things because that just pisses a lot of foreigners off? We have the right to freedom of speech. If they don't like it. They can bite me.
 
Should we send the bill for the damage caused by your insuits to your home or to your office? Could we arrange for you to meet the families of the soldiers who were killed defending your right to free speach so you can thank them?

No, the people who caused the damage can pay for it and the people who killed the soldiers can be faced with the families. Anyone can take undue offense at anything. If I take undue offense at your impertinent questions above, riot, pillage and murder as a result, do we send the bill to you, and ask if you'd like to visit the families of my victims? There really is no difference.
 
Well there are limits on free speech such as yelling fire in a theater. This is not however the case. We as a country should not let what amounts to threats dictate our law and cause freedoms we have fought and died over to be relinquished because of foreign entities.
Why can't anybody yell :FIRE" in a crowded theater? Is it because it might cause a stampeed and people might get hurt?

You can't burn a Koran becuse there is a liklyhood that people might get hurt.

It's really the same.

They're not really threatening us. They're just reacting to someone yelling fire in a theater.
This is the way they are. Is it really so important that we make them more like us? Why can't we just refrain from insulting them to the point of violence?
 
No, the people who caused the damage can pay for it and the people who killed the soldiers can be faced with the families. Anyone can take undue offense at anything. If I take undue offense at your impertinent questions above, riot, pillage and murder as a result, do we send the bill to you, and ask if you'd like to visit the families of my victims? There really is no difference.
Isn't the person who caused the damage always the one who started it? Those people were minding their own business when someone in th US infuriated them. I'm not going to tell them to stop being infuriated, I'm going to not infuriate them.
 
I'm lobbying congress to ban the burning of "The Western Garden Book".

I just don't know what I'd be capable of if somebody were to do that, and it is obvious that such actions should be criminalized because I have so little self control.
 
Why can't anybody yell :FIRE" in a crowded theater? Is it because it might cause a stampeed and people might get hurt?

You can't burn a Koran becuse there is a liklyhood that people might get hurt.

It's really the same.

Its really not. The yelling FIRE when you know there is not one in a crowded theater is very likely to cause an immediete reaction that could cause other people harm anytime its done.

Burning a Quran in public is unlikely to cause any kind of immediete reaction that could cause other people harm anytime its done.

I could walk outside, light a match, burn a Quran, and come back inside. Technically I'd be burning a Quran in Public. There would be maybe 5 or 6 people that would see it, unlikely that any of them are Muslim. The chances of it having any way of being found out about by an extremist muslim is slim to none. And even then it would still have to be an extremist muslim that would actually cat on it. On top of all that, it would be some deal of time and forethought on the part of the Muslim who finally acted, rather than a reactionary response that would be what you'd find in a theater.

They're not anywhere the same. Its idoitic to even suggest it.
 
Isn't the person who caused the damage always the one who started it? Those people were minding their own business when someone in th US infuriated them. I'm not going to tell them to stop being infuriated, I'm going to not infuriate them.

No ones saying you can't be infuriated.

They're saying you can't MURDER PEOPLE
 
I'm lobbying congress to ban the burning of "The Western Garden Book".

I just don't know what I'd be capable of if somebody were to do that, and it is obvious that such actions should be criminalized because I have so little self control.

My god, gardener may kill someone if that book is burned.

Well, there MIGHT be harm done to someoen if its burned. We better have congress ban burning it now.
 
Why can't anybody yell :FIRE" in a crowded theater? Is it because it might cause a stampeed and people might get hurt?

You can't burn a Koran becuse there is a liklyhood that people might get hurt.

It's really the same.

No, and it has already been explained to you why when you brought it up earlier. Seriously, if you're going to endlessly moan on about the same tripe, the least you could do is read and acknowledge the responses


http://www.debatepolitics.com/polls/96009-should-congress-ban-burning-quran-4.html#post1059391086
 
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Why can't anybody yell :FIRE" in a crowded theater? Is it because it might cause a stampeed and people might get hurt?
If you're gonna use that analogy, please get it right: You can't yell FIRE in a crowded theater WHEN THERE IS NO FIRE. If there WAS a fire, and you knew about it, people'd want you to tell them, may want to hold you responsible if nobody finds out in time and gets injured / killed. :p
 
freedom of speech is a right for every human on earth.
 
Why can't anybody yell :FIRE" in a crowded theater? Is it because it might cause a stampeed and people might get hurt?

You can't burn a Koran becuse there is a liklyhood that people might get hurt.

It's really the same.

They're not really threatening us. They're just reacting to someone yelling fire in a theater.
This is the way they are. Is it really so important that we make them more like us? Why can't we just refrain from insulting them to the point of violence?

No it's not. Yelling fire when no fire is present can cause people to get hurt or killed. Now if a fire does exist, you can yell it all you want.

They are not the same thing.
 
freedom of speech is a right for every human on earth.

It would be nice if it was, but not all governments have matured to that point yet.
 
I know, they could pass a law that says you burn a Bible as a proxy to burning a Quran. That way everyone that matters will be happy. :shrug:
 
The whole concept of any type of 'banning' to appease people is foolishness. Keep in mind...these are the same extremists that kill people because people draw cartoons. if you outlaw to avoid offense...then where does it stop? (and what would Trey Parker do for a living???)
 
On an entirely different note...Im all for picking up the reverend Terry Jones and transporting his ass to go meet with the families that his stupidity has impacted. I think he should take his act on the road...impress people...go burn the Koran in downtown Bagdad.
 
The answer is so obvious I'm amazed there is anyone who got the question wrong... and yet, there are several. Clearly it's unconstitutional, a clear violation of the first amendment to legislatively ban burning any book. To ban burning a book based upon religious reasons steps into a stinking pile of separation of church and state as well.

I seriously can't believe anyone with half a brain could support Graham's foul legislative suggestion. Graham, as everyone knows, does not have half a brain.
 
Isn't the person who caused the damage always the one who started it? Those people were minding their own business when someone in th US infuriated them. I'm not going to tell them to stop being infuriated, I'm going to not infuriate them.

The person who caused the damage is the person who behaves irrationally and disproportionately. As I said, anyone can be offended by anything. Again, I can be irrationally offended by the post you just made, and I can retaliate disproportionately for you having posted it. Who would be responsible, you or me? You, because you 'started' it, or me, because I would be a looney tunes?
 
I am leaning no, but the difference is that is speech ended up getting people killed and put our service men and women at risk. I understand the Pentagon called the pastor and asked him to not do it. If people that high up in the government are concerned, then this an act we should all be concerned about.

So, you would support banning flag burning, if someone killed people over it? Is that what it takes?
 
Follow up question, would such legislation may survive a Constitutional challenge?

America is ongoing to became a Muslim state with Sharia law, for Islamists and corrupted politically correct politicians the Constitution is nothing else as toilet paper. In any case the US will have a law against burning of Qurans, today or later.
 
Glad to see the near universal support for our first amendment rights. Frankly, I'd like to see Lindsey Graham burned in effigy for even proposing this absurd measure. It's frightening we have elected offcials who hold our Constitution in such low regard.

The idea that we should ban something because some radical idiots may overreact with violence is ridiculous. And it's an invitation for over reaction for those who's precious icons or symbols are not protected by some anti-free speech legislation. If I find flag burning offensive, maybe I should go shoot a bunch of hippies and say their flag burning demonstration caused me to do it. Now the flag will be protected. If I find bland, insipid pop music offensive, maybe I should slaughter every past American Idol winner, then we might outlaw bland insipid pop music!

You do not have the right to not be offended. And your offended sensibilities do not excuse or justify a violent over reaction. There are a lot of things I find to be in bad taste: flag burning, the Westboro Baptist protests, Julia Roberts' entire career, but I don't advocate banning them nor do I think their existence justifies violence (though I perhaps could be persuaded to make an exception for Julia Roberts).

If you don't like my speech or expression, fine. Ignore it. Debate it. Protest it. But you can't ban it!
 
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