WHAT WOULD JESUS DO ????
He would probably ignore the crackpot masquarading as a Christian - Pastor Terry Jones, of Florida, with a following of less than 50 people, in his effort to gain media celebrity status, by threatening to burn the Muslim holy book, the Qur'an.
He would castigate the news media, for making Jones a media celebrity for threatening a despicable act - for giving the crackpot natioanl and international media attention and creating an immediate threat to US troops, tourists and foreign
US residents.
The US has any number of crackpots, lunatics, media wannabees, but we should not give attention to them to the point of making them and their causes a local or national concern.
There are numerous ways to protest the tragedy of 9/11 - ways to remind people of those lost, but also to remind people that we are the USA - and that we tolerate crack pots, lunatics and media wannabees - but do not celebrate them.
The news media has a responsibility to report the news, not create the news, so they should drive away their satelite trucks, put away their cameras and notebooks and let Porter, live in obscurity, now after his 15 minutes of fame.
So Terry Jones, you have had your day - don't endanger US lives any longer, humbly
withdraw your notice to burn the Qur'an, and think of WWJD...
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