NOT COOL

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Okay, two things about this clusterfuck:

1. Terry Jones is an anthropologically myopic asshole, ascribing attributes to another religion that could have an equal application, or misapplication, to his own. On the other hand,

2. I don’t fucking care what the book says; it is not more important than somebody’s life. If you have become murderously violent toward random people simply because some asshole on the other side of the world has disrespected a copy of it, you really need to reexamine your priorities.

People wonder why atheists get exasperated by religion. Sure, without it I’m sure humans would behave this stupidly over something else, and I would probaby get just as exasperated over that, too, but I hate that religion gets a free pass to do this sort of bullshit. This is just unbelievable.

Comments

[renshai.livejournal.com]

While I think Terry Jones is a complete and utter asstoque, I also think these demonstrations have been building for a really long time in Kandahar. I'm sure for some of these people, Jones' idiocy was just the straw that broke the camel's back - but I've got no doubt that the Taliban absolutely leapt at the opportunity (built-in justification!) to incite some good old-fashioned violence in an area that the coalition has been trying to build goodwill in for years.