It's nice. You remember the constitution when you want, and you forget it when you dont want... Nice.
You accuse these "muslims" of attacking innocent people who have nothing to do with the event. And at the same time, you put all the muslims in the same bag, and you joke about destroying the whole country...
There is a communication war out there.
The Afghans are very xenophobic people. And it's a VERY legitimate reaction as all the foreigner who came to their country did bring problems and destruction to their country. From Alexander the great, to the Brits to the soviet to the coalition... A wonderful collection of heavily armed people who dont care about the people living there.
The Coalition's presence in the area doesnt have a lot of legitimacy. In particular if you ask the locals. And now, these simple people look at an American priest, maybe a great spiritual leader of the foreign organisations present in their country burning the most holy thing they got... The strongest symbol they could think of...
And remember, they are light years far away from democracy, the bill of rights, human rights, freedom of speech... Etc...
How do you think they would react to such thing?
Well, to be simple. If you dont love their religion. Go away to your country. They dont want you there. And they will kick you out (with the little means they have) if they think you are an enemy of their religion.
From my point of view... It's retarded. But it's legimate. They have their culture, their way of life... If you dont respect it, they wont accept you.
So if you want to do something in Afghanistan, you need some good will from the population. And they wont understand that you have to respect the freedom to burn their holy book.
And I know that most people here will see it as a provocation... But once again, we are advanced technologically, but most of us behave like savages with no civilization...
They are right. A people who still think that the idiot burning books is news worthy... Well... I still remember the images of Nazis burning books.
You accuse these "muslims" of attacking innocent people who have nothing to do with the event. And at the same time, you put all the muslims in the same bag, and you joke about destroying the whole country...
There is a communication war out there.
The Afghans are very xenophobic people. And it's a VERY legitimate reaction as all the foreigner who came to their country did bring problems and destruction to their country. From Alexander the great, to the Brits to the soviet to the coalition... A wonderful collection of heavily armed people who dont care about the people living there.
The Coalition's presence in the area doesnt have a lot of legitimacy. In particular if you ask the locals. And now, these simple people look at an American priest, maybe a great spiritual leader of the foreign organisations present in their country burning the most holy thing they got... The strongest symbol they could think of...
And remember, they are light years far away from democracy, the bill of rights, human rights, freedom of speech... Etc...
How do you think they would react to such thing?
Well, to be simple. If you dont love their religion. Go away to your country. They dont want you there. And they will kick you out (with the little means they have) if they think you are an enemy of their religion.
From my point of view... It's retarded. But it's legimate. They have their culture, their way of life... If you dont respect it, they wont accept you.
So if you want to do something in Afghanistan, you need some good will from the population. And they wont understand that you have to respect the freedom to burn their holy book.
And I know that most people here will see it as a provocation... But once again, we are advanced technologically, but most of us behave like savages with no civilization...
They are right. A people who still think that the idiot burning books is news worthy... Well... I still remember the images of Nazis burning books.