re: #557 Nimed

Damn it Bagua, it’s always the same with you. This whole thing started with a comparison between Mein Kampf and the Koran. THE BOOKS THEMSELVES. NOT THE USE PEOPLE MAKE OF THEM.

This is what the discussion is about. Get this basic stuff right before making all kinds of idiotic accusations.

First off, your discussion is with Cato who made the comparison, not I. I am giving you some perspective of what he is talking about, it is not my hypothesis.

How the book is used is crucial. I care nothing about what is written in books that are not used to justify things I find abhorrent, like suicide bombing, killing gays, ethnically cleansing huge countries of Jews, and so forth. If I didn’t see people holding up the Koran and screaming “Death to the Jews, Death to America,” I would care less what is written in it.

Many of those people can’t even understand the book they recite by heart as it isn’t in their language. The interpretation and how it is used is everything. The Sufis for example appear to be peace loving and mystical, my Syrian friend clearly uses the Koran in a noble manner. Curious Lurker is another example, in their hands, the Koran is a good thing.