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2006-04-05 India-Pakistan
Over 1,500 Christians protest after Bible burned
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Posted by Fred 2006-04-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I'm sure CNN will be all over that.
Posted by 2b 2006-04-05 04:07||   2006-04-05 04:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Freedom of speech!! lol
Posted by Omeck Grereper4454 2006-04-05 04:13||   2006-04-05 04:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Omeck - your comment shows you don't quite grasp how truly free westerners view this event.

If you think we are upset about the Bible burning, you are wrong. I'm a Christian, and I say burn away. Yawn. We'll send them another one for free. What we do find interesting, is the double standard given these events by the those who profess to value free speech and the press.
Posted by 2b 2006-04-05 04:25||   2006-04-05 04:25|| Front Page Top

#4 oh fck it, just buy another bible but for gods sake don't lower yourselves to the level of the Koranimals! I found it interesting with the cartoon riots that the MSN refused flatly to call them riots and instead termed them as 'protests' - now i thought when a protest turned violent it becomes a riot, yet somehow MSN never once used the word riot. Just like the french 'protests' that turned in riots in Paris and journalists were saying ' riot police fight running battles with protesters' - i'm like what the fck, so they have riot police using full force but its not a riot but merely a mild mannered protest???? how long can they keep playing these silly word games with us, its getting as bad as the whole 'freedom fighter' and 'insurgent' crap they spew. example - 'insurgents today blew up a school' and you think WTF insurgents or terrorists! Sickening stuff.
Posted by ShepUK 2006-04-05 04:51||   2006-04-05 04:51|| Front Page Top

#5 it's a book - get over it.
Posted by Howard UK 2006-04-05 05:32||   2006-04-05 05:32|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the Muslim world reaping what is has sown. They want to riot over the disposition of a handful of pulp; OK, they'll get riots over it.

They just shouldn't bitch when they're on the receiving end.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-04-05 07:41|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-04-05 07:41|| Front Page Top

#7 If you think we are upset about the Bible burning, you are wrong. I'm a Christian, and I say burn away. Yawn. We'll send them another one for free.

Bravo, 2b. Quite obviously, the strength of your convictions relies upon something far more eternal than a mere book, however beloved that tome might be. Like the flag burning issue, the right to freedom of expression is much more worthy of preservation than the integrity of a piece of colored fabric or printed paper. The village elders did well to set an example that, I'm sure, the local Muslims will have a much more difficult time following.

The only outrage should be over how Islam routinely applies such a double standard to the conduct of its own followers.
Posted by Zenster 2006-04-05 11:53||   2006-04-05 11:53|| Front Page Top

#8 lol Sorry! I was just using sarcasm
Posted by Omeck Grereper4454 2006-04-05 13:42||   2006-04-05 13:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Took the words out of my mouth, 2b.

Still, it's hard to apply the Golden Rule when, as far as I can tell, Islam's version of the Golden rule is "Take the Kuffir's gold."

While condemning the incident, a former district councillor condemned the incident but asked the Christians of the area not to take the law into their own hands.

Best way to prevent that is for the State to get off its ass and ENFORCE the law. Most attempts to take "the law into your own hands" start as someone respecting the law enough to enforce it when the State does not.
Posted by Ptah">Ptah  2006-04-05 14:46|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2006-04-05 14:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Most everyone missing the point. If the Christians don't protest this publicly, the muzzies will consider them "fair game" and start doing worse. In this part of the world the rule are different. The beginning of a really ugly persecution starts with incidents like these going unchecked. This isn't a Harvard student protest of some sort, and it's not about overreaction. It's about the muzzies encroaching and forcing their religio-facist rules on others. And BTW, these people may not be able to get replacements like we can. Last thing--in the muzzie world, symbolism is everything. Burning Bibles is the same as burning Christians, and if they could get away with it, they would.
Posted by ex-lib 2006-04-05 15:44||   2006-04-05 15:44|| Front Page Top

#11 one of the biggest mistakes that is made about Christians is re: the concept of forgiveness. You have to factor in the concept of repentance before you can understand forgiveness. Some think that being a Christian means you stand by idly and watch your friends and family get thrown to the lions. Not. Read the Bible and see that the God of Abraham is, by no means, a cuddly teddy bear. He has soldiers and armies and when he's pissed, the results are not pretty. Christ addressed soldiers. It's a mistake to think that being a Christian means you won't fight against evil.
Posted by 2b 2006-04-05 16:01||   2006-04-05 16:01|| Front Page Top

#12 He said that a mob of Christians tried to attack them, but the elders intervened to save their lives. While condemning the incident, a former district councillor condemned the incident but asked the Christians of the area not to take the law into their own hands.

Well, Hell could freeze over and a similar incident with the religions reversed with village elders and Moslem leaders condemning attacks and asking people not to take law in their own hands... Well???

OK Hell hasn't frozen over yet. Never mind. Besides good Christians don't burn Korans anyway.

Posted by BigEd 2006-04-05 16:04||   2006-04-05 16:04|| Front Page Top

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