It's Only An Outrage If We Do It

Right now, people all over the world are outraged that an unknown pastor from Florida was considering burning the Koran. Protestors in Afghanistan have continued to hold protests, one that culminated with the death of two people, even after Pastor Jones called off the book burning; it should be noted that they did all of this while shouting “Death to America” and similar phrases. The protesting is not just coming from Afghanistan, though. The State Department condemned the Koran burning proposal as “un-American” and the Obama Administration said it was “concerned” about the message it would send. But before we start condemning Americans for expressing their opinions, let us look at the track record of the Islamic world when protesting Western civilization and Christianity. In Iraq, Bibles, flags, and even private security contractors have been mutilated and burned by mobs of mindless savages. In Saudi Arabia, American missionaries and foreign Christians have been deported, and even imprisoned, for possessing more than one copy of the Bible. Civilians in possession of Bibles, in certain Middle-Eastern countries, receive lashings and imprisonment as punishment in accordance to Sharia (That being said, Sharia also says it is okay to stone people to death for seemingly minor transgressions, but you know, it is the holy law of “the religion of peace”). The confiscated Bibles are then shredded. This, however, is not an “anti-American” action that the Obama Administration is “concerned” about. Pastor Jones has suggested that this is in retaliation to plans to build an Islamic center, containing a Mosque, practically on top of Ground Zero. This has not been deemed “un-American” by the Obama Administration, either. It is unfortunate that Pastor Jones decided against burning the Koran on 9/11, because it would have sent a strong message, primarily due to the media coverage it has received, while being a minimal retaliation for all of the attacks that America has endured in the past decades. Other ideas for retaliation were to: 1.) Crash a plane into a Middle-Eastern skyscraper; 2.) Launch an attack on a Middle-Eastern Naval vessel; 3.) Subject a Middle-Eastern audience to an Al Gore speech. However, the first two did not follow UN “guidelines” and the third would probably have been deemed cruel and unusual. Mosque building and Koran burning aside, it is important to remember the attack on the World Trade Centers and the resolution it has brought to this country.

God Bless,

Adam J Ondo

PS: I would like to thank Reuters and the Associated Press for their excellent reporting and field work. Also, this was going to be named “Where’s Guy Montag When You Need Him?” but I figured some might not get the reference, if you do, that’s great, if you don’t, read more dystopian novels.

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