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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
With such a small congregation. I dont know why this is newsworthy.
I think the media are being somewhat irresponsible.
General Patreaus has already stated that this event will endanger his troops. I will say that coverage of this event is the problem. Not the event itself.
Im not saying that the news should censor itself in the interests of national security. But this kind of story belongs in a local newspaper with city or town officials commenting on it. Not something that world news networks run, inviting worldwide attention.
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I agree 100%. I think it the media taking advantage of putting a mic in the face of a nutjob, and the musings of this wacko may actual threaten lives. Turn the cameras off. He has already gotten much more attention than he deserves.
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Originally Posted by steamboatsam
This might be off topic, but it seems to me that the world, or at least America, is about to hit a new "Dark Age" where religion influences the choices of a government more than the political leaders. Rev. Terry Jones maybe a complete, single minded, idiot, but he is probably just the calm before the storm.
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This issue has nothing to do with government. Rev. Terry Jones lost 30 members of his already tiny congregation because of this issue. He literally only has influence on a few dozen bigots. He has no influence on government.