Saturday, 2 April 2011

TERRY JONES

The Reverend Terry Jones is the pastor of a small evangelical church in Florida.

Last year Terry Jones wanted to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Thankfully, he was persuaded not to.

On 20 March another pastor set fire to a copy of the Koran after a mock trial presided over by Terry Jones had found that the Koran was "guilty" of crimes against humanity. This event has led to a predictably bloody response in Afghanistan over the past couple of days.

Terry Jones is a very, very stupid man.

Walter Blotscher
Posted by Walter Blotscher at 19:56

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 April 2011 at 03:46

    He may indeed be very very stupid, but he probably values the sanctity of human life more than the crazed murderers of innocent UN representatives in Afghanistan, or the Palestinian terrorists who slit the throats of innocent Israeli villagers. JS

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  2. Walter Blotscher6 April 2011 at 10:15

    Hi JS,

    If you do something, which you know has a high probability of resulting in death (even if that death will be caused by crazed murderers or terrorists), then I would say that you DON'T value the sanctity of human life.

    I have just read The Pillars of the Earth, which includes the murder of Thomas a Becket. Henry II is supposed to have said "who will rid me of this turbulent priest?". He himself never laid a finger on his former friend. But he knew exactly what the result of his actions would be, and was, therefore, complicit in them.

    There is no requirement for Terry Jones to do and say what he does do and say. Sometimes the best course of action is simply to shut up.

    Regards,

    Walter

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