10 9 / 2010

ericmortensen: soupsoup: brooklynmutt: Interpol Warns 188 Member Nations Of Increased Terror Threat If Fringe Pastor Burns Korans Fact that Jones has more people at his press conf. than in his pew on Sunday is illuminating, Gibbs says. Says he’s “desperate” - West Wing Report How is this guy not considered an American Terrorist? Burning books isn’t a terrorist act. No, burning books in itself isn’t a terrorist act, but couldn’t one argue that when one man does something that would directly impact the safety of hundreds—perhaps thousands—of others simply on the basis of his own religious belief, that’s an act of religious extremism that could easily fall into this broad post-9/11 definition of terrorism?  

ericmortensen:

soupsoup:

brooklynmutt:

Interpol Warns 188 Member Nations Of Increased Terror Threat If Fringe Pastor Burns Korans

Fact that Jones has more people at his press conf. than in his pew on Sunday is illuminating, Gibbs says. Says he’s “desperate” - West Wing Report

How is this guy not considered an American Terrorist?

Burning books isn’t a terrorist act.

No, burning books in itself isn’t a terrorist act, but couldn’t one argue that when one man does something that would directly impact the safety of hundreds—perhaps thousands—of others simply on the basis of his own religious belief, that’s an act of religious extremism that could easily fall into this broad post-9/11 definition of terrorism?  

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