This article reports on President Obama and other world leaders' disapproval of the September 11th Koran burning planned by the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida.
Despite vocal condemnation and warnings of the almost certain global repercussions that would result from such an act, Pastor Terry Jones of the church has not yet indicated that he is willing to cancel the event.
As shocking and horrifying as this is to most Americans, and as terrifying as its virtually inevitable consequences are, there is little to nothing that government officials can do to stop it in addition to what they have already done. Even though this small event would undoubtedly inspire a worldwide wave of violence and hatred directed towards Americans and indeed all Westerners, it would seem that actually forcing the church to cancel the event would be a violation of its right to freedom of speech.
In an age where the amount of blind belief and number of vitriolic leaders seems to multiply every day, it would appear that one of our nation's greatest sources of pride, our democratic freedom, can sometimes cripple us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/us/10obama.html?_r=1&hp
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Given the grand scale of reasons the middle east, and predominantly muslim nations would have to resent our gov't, our foreign policy, and our nation as a whole, a few korans being burned is of little consequence. Do not mistake me, I do not approve of this childish and ignorant action, but we are kidding ourselves if we think this is our biggest afront to Islamic culture.