The less funny, and less benign Terry Jones of the United States and a very small congregation of about 30 people followed through with the idea of public burning of a copy of the Koran after finding it guilty of inciting violence. As if to prove this verdict, Muslims in Afghanistan sprung into violent response. They burned an American flag, which might have been a balanced response if that was all. Then they killed about 8 American UN workers.
How reasonable is this? President Obama had discouraged the burning, as had the office of National Defence. The average American looks down on book burning in general. Even the atheists would argue the best way to turn someone off of the Koran or the Bible is to let them read it. So just how is it justified religiously or in any other way to kill eight people who are there to represent the United States in retaliation for the actions of someone who does not represent the United States?
Whatever opinions one might have about Islam or the Koran, it has failed to prepare its followers to deal sanely and reasonably, let alone with justice. Anyone who participated in those slayings needs to spend life in prison.
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