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koranagirl1 year, 5 months ago

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Actually, this could have been a wonderful opportunity to teach people about freedom of speech. Whether you or I like the act, and whether or not you or I would engage in such an act, doesn't this really fall in the category of "turn the other cheek"?
You know, it's pretty ironic that we are in Iraq to allegedly to teach the people there how democracy works, but the basis of democracy is free speech and freedom of religion.
Why is it we can go to Iraq and shoot someone there and call it justified, but we're too weenie to use this as a perfect example, rightfully or wrongfully, of standing up for that soldier's right to shoot a Koran under the American democratic, freedom of speech model.
I'm waiting for one of you to explain that to me.
Now, I would never shoot a Koran because it is hurtful to another person, but I would also defend someone else's right to do it under the democratic principles of free speech.

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  Mdiar1 year, 5 months ago
  
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  I tend to see it in a similar fashion. The act was disgusting and, being a soldier, he deserves to be reassigned at the very least because he is showing an inability to work in that area of the world, but its his right to do this.
  
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  raza91 year, 5 months ago
  
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  Koranagirl, I understand where you are coming from. But the fact is, we are not in Iraq to instill democracy. It would be presumptious of us, a country of 250 yrs, to think we can change a civilization that has been around for thousands of years. Democracy can never, and will never be forced by the barrel of a gun.
  Now, back to the topic at hand. The soldiers right to free speech is stricken once he/she dons the uniform. Now, that's irony.
  
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