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2007-07-29 Home Front: WoT

Police Make Arrest in Quran Desecrations at Pace University

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The school was accused by Muslim students of not taking the incident seriously enough at first.

Which shows that Pace originally had a few synapses firing.

You'd like to think so but dunking the crucifix is 'art'; it's supposed to make us 'think'.

Oh, it does. It most definitely does. It makes me think that many modern artists are entirely uncontaminated by any sense of esthetics.

On the bathroom wall they're grafitti.

Come to Silicon Valley sometime and I'll happily show you scads of "grafitti" that are plain and simple vandalism. By definition the vast majority of grafitti is vandalism. Some of it exhibits incredible artistic talent but that in no way changes how most taggers view a blank wall the same way any well-fed dog regards a freshly mowed lawn. The only charges that carry any water would relate to the books being university property or introducing a foreign object into the school's toilets.

More than anything, isn't it about time that the Koran becomes recognized as a form of hate speech? If these stupid legally exclusive laws are going to exist, hadn't we better begin making them apply to the most intolerant and hateful cult of all?

Shari'a law is one massive violation of human rights. The time has come not only to enact a legal prohibition of it on those grounds, but to also find that the Koran contains hate speech. While I generally detest any banning of books on sheer principle, in the Koran's case I'm more than willing to make a special exception.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-29 01:11|| 2007-07-29 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I understand the "mischief" charge but "aggravated harassment" means nothing more than enforcement of Islamic Sharia prohibitions on blasphemy. The fact that Muslims are angry about legitimate protest, manifests their threat to our institutions. Don't forget that their founder said Jews were born of "apes and pigs." And that Muslims shouldn't take Christians as friends. We shouldn't be taking Muslims as immigrants or be permitting the Saud terrorist entity to fund mosques and Islamic centers.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-29 06:16|| 2007-07-29 06:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Since it was a library book the criminal mischief charge and a small fine would clearly be justified.

Even though I do not condone such intentionally disrespectful and inflammatory actions I believe as a free speech issue this would otherwise have to be legally permissible.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-07-29 07:39|| 2007-07-29 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 If they ain't seethin, they ain't breathin...

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-29 08:25|| 2007-07-29 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Rest asured people that if Achmed had tossed abible into the toilet the ACLU, DNC, PFAW, EIEIO, etc. wouls be climbing over each other to defend him. I am not for tossing Korans, Bibles, or Torrahs into the toilet but really they are simply words on a page and if that gets you all worked up then you don't have enough going on.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-07-29 09:26|| 2007-07-29 09:26|| Front Page Top

#6 If the guy had wiped first would it then be free speech?

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-07-29 10:18|| 2007-07-29 10:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Sensitiity Training eh?

So if someone showed up with a t-shirt with certain Koranic passages written on them would it be ok right?

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-07-29 10:21|| 2007-07-29 10:21|| Front Page Top

#8 This is infuriating.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-29 12:53|| 2007-07-29 12:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Holding my breath waiting for the ACLU to weigh in.

Falling over from lack of oxygen.

Posted by charger 2007-07-29 15:35|| 2007-07-29 15:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Will Pace be taking BLTs off the menu at the snack bar?

Posted by Darrell 2007-07-29 18:56|| 2007-07-29 18:56|| Front Page Top

#11 nobody was hurt, what's the fuss

Posted by Boss Craising2882 2007-07-29 22:41|| 2007-07-29 22:41|| Front Page Top

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