Burn Baby Burn

Well, this fool down in Florida who planned to burn copies of the Koran has changed his mind. Actually he's not so much a fool as he is a crackpot bent on getting as much publicity as he possibly can. Attention is what his kind is really after. The thing is, he has been successful. Have you seen all the networks including the cable news people all condemning him. They all say he's just looking for attention and they're not going to give it to him. Of course they're saying it while interviewing him and showing clips of him making public appearances and statements. So how do you not give attention to someone by showing and talking about him? Look. I'm doing it myself. So what's the big deal about burning the Koran anyway? I mean people burn our flag and we don't get all torn up about it, right? Well, many Muslims do get all torn up about any suggestion of disrespect toward their religion. You or I may think that's silly, but the facts are the facts. So how big a deal is it to show a little respect, even if we don't agree with it. Or just ignore it. But they're building their Mosques all over the place, how do you ignore that? Probably the same way we ignore the Christian churches or Jewish synagogues all over the place. Mostly we only notice our own house of worship. Or maybe not even those, most of the time. In fact a lot of people would have trouble giving directions to their own church. But they know all about that Islamic community center being build right on top of the 911 sight, two blocks away. Oh, yeah. That's right. It's two blocks away and not even facing the World Trade Center sight. So what? Is that going to hurt you or me? Not likely. In fact, it's going to clean up the neighborhood somewhat. Maybe other buildings in the area will start improvements. That would be refreshing instead of the gentleman's clubs and all that are there now. Sort of a face lift. Back to this nutcase in Florida. Best thing to do is ignore him too. It'd break his heart, but we all have our days. He's had his. Now his church might grow to 55 or maybe 58. All the better to pay his salary and that of his assistant. But don't get me started on that.