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nmbluesky

(2,561 posts)
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 03:26 PM Feb 2012

Santorum: no apology needed for Quran burning

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama's apology for the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan. (Feb. 26)
http://my.news.yahoo.com/video/us-26298725/santorum-no-apology-needed-for-quran-burning-28430766.html

He is an ass...

if they burn bible book.. they will do same thing to do..
All holy books, Hebrew, bible, hindu, Qurans are Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired.

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Santorum: no apology needed for Quran burning (Original Post) nmbluesky Feb 2012 OP
Okay. But if I get Santorum on a Bible, will I need to apologize???? nt msanthrope Feb 2012 #1
I Wonder What Would Happen, If otohara Feb 2012 #2
Honestly...? JSnuffy Feb 2012 #4
+1 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #5
I thought the president apologized for the manner in which they were burnt... Little Star Feb 2012 #3
Heinrich Heine PADemD Feb 2012 #6
 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
2. I Wonder What Would Happen, If
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 03:36 PM
Feb 2012

at the upcoming Atheists march in DC - they torched a pile of Bibles.

We are all Afghans now!

 

JSnuffy

(374 posts)
4. Honestly...?
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 03:56 PM
Feb 2012

Not much...

Internet outrage. Certainly doubt that it would result days of riots and multiple deaths.

Just a wild guess though.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
3. I thought the president apologized for the manner in which they were burnt...
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 03:37 PM
Feb 2012

not the actual burning.

Those Qurans were being used by prisioners to mark/write messages and the burning of those had been agreed upon in advance. It was the manner in which they were burnt that was the problem.

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