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pipi_k

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47. Well, if we're going to bring

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 06:51 PM

Sep 2013

angst into it, I have to say that book burning doesn't exactly cause me to feel it.

Just a sense of sadness.

Smashing up clunker cars? Meh. Was the metal recycled? if it was, then I really don't care.

What does cause me angst is the nearly wanton destruction of trees.

I read somewhere that in the time before Europeans came to this country, the area from the East Coast to the Mississippi was so thickly forested that a squirrel could go from one side to the other, in the trees, without touching the ground.

I wish I could have seen it.

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Are you for or against FL pastor burning 3000 Qurans [View all] darkangel218 Sep 2013 OP

The First Amendment protects the right to do stupid things. GreenStormCloud Sep 2013 #1

You can be morally opposed to someone doing something they should be legally allowed to do. nt el_bryanto Sep 2013 #9

Exactly! etherealtruth Sep 2013 #66

No, she doesn't, because that would answer a different question Turborama Sep 2013 #13

Really? The right to burn crosses in front of people's houses? frazzled Sep 2013 #37

True, delta17 Sep 2013 #65

He has the legal right to do it and I have the legal right to disapprove and call him an asswipe. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #54

Against. He shouldn't do it. Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #2

What consequence? No one has a right to react violently to a non-violent act. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #33

Who said anything about violence? Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #46

Kick In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #3

There should be an option for "I am against burning books." idwiyo Sep 2013 #4

+1 Did this really need to be asked? SomethingFishy Sep 2013 #5

I think the poll choices are pretty clear and straight forward. nt. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #6

Not really. As is it might be easily interprited as I am against it because its a quoran. idwiyo Sep 2013 #12

That pipi_k Sep 2013 #32

I don't know - 3000 sounds like a lot - maybe he could just burn a few as a compromise. nt el_bryanto Sep 2013 #7

He has the right to do it. HappyMe Sep 2013 #8

Against it but as long as it is done in a lawful manner maddezmom Sep 2013 #10

+1 n/t X_Digger Sep 2013 #11

Seriously. How can you drive around in an unregistered truck pulling a steel canister filled FSogol Sep 2013 #23

Obviously you can't and he did get what he deserved. maddezmom Sep 2013 #25

Obviously Florida has no curbside recycling. Chipper Chat Sep 2013 #14

Awww.. A Round Tuit darkangel218 Sep 2013 #15

I think he/she clicked the wrong button. eom tarheelsunc Sep 2013 #31

While I am against it, I do view it as a First avebury Sep 2013 #16

You want a painful death? Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #20

There is no question that stupid actions may result in painful consequences. avebury Sep 2013 #58

Only if he sets himself on fire too. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #17

+1000 darkangel218 Sep 2013 #19

If he threw the Book of Mormon, Dianetics, the Bible old & New GoneOffShore Sep 2013 #18

I'm sure he has not read the book. MineralMan Sep 2013 #21

Best Post In The Thread! HangOnKids Sep 2013 #45

Here I am. tenderfoot Sep 2013 #71

How about an option for don't care? wercal Sep 2013 #22

Against pipi_k Sep 2013 #36

Ok...I'll change gears wercal Sep 2013 #38

Well, if we're going to bring pipi_k Sep 2013 #47

Really - the last gasp is sadness over wasted paper? wercal Sep 2013 #62

Is the preacher standing on the pile? nt msanthrope Sep 2013 #24

DUzy Mira Sep 2013 #42

I don't know about your area, but you can't just go around burning stuff where I live jberryhill Sep 2013 #26

I believe he should feed the poor and STFU. cliffordu Sep 2013 #27

He should, but he won't. HappyMe Sep 2013 #30

I really don't care either way Niceguy1 Sep 2013 #28

If they are his Korans and he doesn't violate the fire code. mysuzuki2 Sep 2013 #29

+1 forestpath Sep 2013 #34

^Amen^ Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #49

I agree. Throd Sep 2013 #40

^ What he said. ^ nt oldhippie Sep 2013 #44

Did he get a burning permit? kenny blankenship Sep 2013 #35

He did not KamaAina Sep 2013 #53

He was arrested for lack of permit nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #56

I defend his right to use free speech... TroglodyteScholar Sep 2013 #39

This must be a trick question, and I won't be tricked into voting n/t Mira Sep 2013 #41

Both -- Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2013 #43

Only if the FL pastor supports someone burning 3,000 Bibles! B Calm Sep 2013 #48

I'm FOR his right to do so, and AGAINST him actually doing it. Lizzie Poppet Sep 2013 #50

Whether I am for it or not is besides the point nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #51

Yes MNBrewer Sep 2013 #52

It's his right to do it tularetom Sep 2013 #55

As opposed to some other number? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #57

Michelle Bachmann's upset she didn't think of it first. xfundy Sep 2013 #59

It's a pointless thing to do. PeteSelman Sep 2013 #60

Agree with his right to do it, but not with him doing it. riqster Sep 2013 #61

I am for the First Amendment. n/t Skip Intro Sep 2013 #63

against it in this case watch the sky Sep 2013 #64

I'm for his right to do it, yet object to it for pragmatic reasons 0rganism Sep 2013 #67

Remember the first rule of teh internets: Do not feed the troll. Initech Sep 2013 #68

Do I support the symbolism? LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #69

He should do it in his own community on his own property csziggy Sep 2013 #70