Do you think the burning of the Koran by Pator Jones is that dangerous?

Half of me is a "yes" like above me, but the rest of me has a different answer based on the entire context of the situation. When I read, "It will inflame sentiments among Muslims throughout the world and cause irreparable damage to interfaith harmony and also to world peace," that line is said every single time someone even thinks about possibly doing something that may slight Islam is some shape, form or fashion. Drawing pictures of the Prophet, banning head dress in a private business, not releasing prisoners from GITMO, saying that a mosque near ground zero seems disrespectful, saying that not enough Muslims speak against terror, not becoming like Pakistan with banning FB and YT, and on and on and on it goes. Is it just be, or does the entire world have to tiptoe around possibly offending Muslims? Look, if anyone is going to be compelled to harm or kill someone because a book they believe in is burned, then this person doesn't need a book being burned to set them off! It can--and will!--happen over nearly anything this person finds to be "offensive" to them. People aren't made unstable by an act like that. They're already unstable and teetering. And to that end, you cannot go through life tiptoeing around someone who may fall on violence when they get their feelings hurt. We can't excuse violence by saying, "Well, we shouldn't be offending people." That's turning someone who would harm or kill over having their feelings hurt into a victim. What planet are we on? It's insulting to Muslims, in my opinion, to bend over backwards not to offend them out of fear the radicals among them will react poorly. It's bigoted. Not to even mention that the radicals among them are ALREADY trying to kill the rest of us. Not wanting to fan the flames is fair. But the alternative is that all non-Muslims become extortion victims while radicals among them STILL try to kill us. We'll all tiptoe around in the desperate hope that a few more loons don't join the few million? Nah. Not me, personally. Am I supposed to buy the argument that many more Muslims are waiting on the brink of sanity to see what we're going to do, and if someone burns their book then that's the back-breaking straw that leads them to commit violence against random Americans? If that's true, then I'd say that the person wanting to burn books, while still disturbed, isn't nearly as disturbed as the person ready to kill over it. I do believe that many Muslims would be offended by this. I know many Muslims who are offended. But they also realize they can't paint all of America in the same light, mainly because they don't want to be thought of as terrorists either. We're treating Muslims as if they're not equal people among us by placating their sensibilities. Truth time.

Yes. Anytime you intentionally enflame hatred towards any group you create a danger to others not involved. In an interview on CNN, the decon of a Christian church in Iraq talked about the threats that have been made against his church and it's members because of this very thing.

That is what it is ment to do....I don't care if its the Bible, Quran, Torah,or any other Holy Book it should be treated with respect anyone who wants to do something like that needs to have their HEADS examined by a doctor.... There is other ways of making a point with out doing something like that......I also think that no flag should be burned.......Infact I think it's a sign of terason to do something like that.....

Absolutely, it's THAT dangerous. I agree with matersfish about some of the things that are "offensive" to Muslims or any other group can get ridiculous, but this really can't compare to those other things in my humble opinion. I think it's absolutely outrageous that some people, among them John Boehner, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich have compared this threatened burning of the Koran to the proposed building of the community center containing a mosque in NYC; they are NOT moral equivalents, not in any way, shape or form!! You have one thing that could result in the deaths of our troops and possibly even American civilians and we have another that may "offend" or hurt some people's feelings; give me a break! There are Muslim EXTREMISTS that hate us and WILL hate us no matter what we do but there are also millions of moderate Muslims, including many young people, who don't and who actually have dreams of coming to America for a better way of life. Many of these people in faraway lands, getting limited news and information about what our country stands for, don't really understand that if someone here burns the Koran and calls for an International Day of Koran Burning that does NOT mean our nation or our government agrees with him or condones this behavior. They're not accustomed to people having the right to do what they want even if most reasonable people feel it's not right. I agree with the President and others who have said basically that this is a huge recruiting bonanza for al Qaeda and other terror organizations. I think this is actually WORSE than shouting "FIRE!" in a crowded theater! The latter may place those in the theater in danger but the former could place the lives of who knows how many hundreds or thousands of people in danger! Annie

its good that they didnt do it.