Reply #41: And there you have it.

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You can't burn the American flag and expect Americans to respect you. You can't hang the President if effigy and expect Americans to respect you. Regardless of differences of opinion with said President, and regardless of whether he should be. Although I deny no one's right to do so as a free speech issue. But I'm not talking about George Bush; I'm talking about the disrespect that has been shown by many individuals in the Muslim world for several decades.

After a while, it all begins to wear a little.

But no, I don't support the Taliban in any of their undertakings. Destroying a priceless ancient work of art is despicable. If they just wanted to show their disrespect for Buddhists and Buddhism by destroying a copy of their holy writings, well, that's not so good, either, but within their free speech rights.