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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Koran Burning Called Off--Maybe


(Image from the movie Fahrenheit 451)

While the Big Apple is contending with the Ground Zero Mosque, the residents of the Sunshine State are dealing with a kooky pastor who wanted to ritualistically burn a Koran on September 11th.  He called off the event, but is now reconsidering...

From Yahoo News:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/quran_burning;_ylt=Amy.Qc76zhOyQiOyXVTOwh6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNkbHBrMDcyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwOTEwL3F1cmFuX2J1cm5pbmcEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwM0BHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNwYXN0b3JjYW5jZWw-

As an aspiring writer, I'm detest the idea of burning books of any type--even ones from a political-religious idealogy I abhor. 
It sets a bad precedent and conjures up too many images like these:


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