Sunday, April 3, 2011
First Amendment Rights- I Think Not!
Violence has escalated in Kabul, Afghanistan over the Burning of the Koran, which is the sacred religious book of the Muslim people that has been used as a form of law since the reign of the prophet Mohammad. on March 20th, a church in Florida burned the Koran as a sign of displeasure with the Muslim people and their religious views. Four days later, Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the church for desecrating their religious book. This is the same church that threaten to burn the book last year. Nine people were killed and 81 injured in Afghanistan by unruly Afghans in response to the book being burned at the Florida church. The U.N. was also stormed resulting in 4 Afghans and 7 foreign U.N. employees deaths. The church has said that they feel in no way responsible for the violence. I believe that the Florida church, because of this uprising of violence should be held accountable for their actions. I don't believe that your first amendment rights should be protected when obviously they knowing instilled violence in a seemingly fragile topic and country.
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People burn bibles all the time. You don't see us getting all antsy about it. Do Americans just care less, or are we just lazy?
ReplyDeleteI disagree. I don't think the church should be held responsible. As stupid as their actions are, we live in America where things like flag and book burning are allowed.
ReplyDeleteThe first amendment does not protect speech or other actions that cause harm. Yelling fire in a crowded theater is not free speech because of the harm it can cause. Likewise burning a Koran is huge in many countries you can be put to death for doing that. So the church saying they are not responsible is a croc $%^#. They should definitely be held responsible for the damage they did.
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