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I came in here with the intention of updating things on my gratitude project, mostly. And then I saw this and now I'm crying.
I had no idea and I knew about it. Still, knowing shit is happening around us at terrible speed and in terrible quantities is never as devastating as hearing the people who suffer said shit call for help. Seeing the need for help.
Yes, this is the condition of Pakistan at the moment.
Sometimes our own willful ignorance is staggering. And disgusting.
And this embarrassment to the human species is still planning on going through with his plan to burn a Qur'an, because our tragedy far outweighs that of the rest of the entire world and it is our God-given right, if not duty, to show the world the error of their ways (namely, not being us).
"His actions most likely would be protected by the First Amendment's right to free speech. The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear in several landmark rulings that speech deemed offensive to many people, even the majority of people, cannot be suppressed by the government unless it is clearly directed to intimidate someone or amounts to an incitement to violence, legal experts said." (emphasis is mine)
I'm sorry, I may have missed some vital part of this whole thing wherein the completely pacifist and friendly intentions of this action were explained, but isn't this exactly what Jones is trying to do?
I really don't know what to say.
I had no idea and I knew about it. Still, knowing shit is happening around us at terrible speed and in terrible quantities is never as devastating as hearing the people who suffer said shit call for help. Seeing the need for help.
Yes, this is the condition of Pakistan at the moment.
Sometimes our own willful ignorance is staggering. And disgusting.
And this embarrassment to the human species is still planning on going through with his plan to burn a Qur'an, because our tragedy far outweighs that of the rest of the entire world and it is our God-given right, if not duty, to show the world the error of their ways (namely, not being us).
"His actions most likely would be protected by the First Amendment's right to free speech. The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear in several landmark rulings that speech deemed offensive to many people, even the majority of people, cannot be suppressed by the government unless it is clearly directed to intimidate someone or amounts to an incitement to violence, legal experts said." (emphasis is mine)
I'm sorry, I may have missed some vital part of this whole thing wherein the completely pacifist and friendly intentions of this action were explained, but isn't this exactly what Jones is trying to do?
I really don't know what to say.