re: #43 Tigger2005

Sorry, I can’t respect the opinion of this Afghan religious scholar either. I am sick unto death of religious insanity and irrationality, I don’t care whose it is. Sick of it. Calling an honest mistake of burning some paper and ink a “crime” sufficient to incite violence and murder is Middle Ages thinking that has no place in the modern world.

No but as an occupying force you’re trying to win or maintain hearts and minds. Of course it doesn’t make sense to us. But it’s not really all about is and it includes them. Likely it was an honest mistake instead of some protest by one lone soldier. Their response was irrational but that’s the way they are and we can’t change that anytime soon . Pakistan itself has shown as much with the assassination of secular leaders; blasphemy laws; etc. If one were to use and example of say, Poland, and you set up an occupying force there I don’t think it would be a good idea to discard of Bibles by tossing them into an incinerator.