Imagine for a moment a group schedules a “Burn a Bible” Event.

See here.

But, frankly, Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims. And among those Muslims led by the Imam Rauf there is hardly one who has raised a fuss about the routine and random bloodshed that defines their brotherhood. So, yes, I wonder whether I need honor these people and pretend that they are worthy of the privileges of the First Amendment which I have in my gut the sense that they will abuse.

I’m thinking that the group would have rather little support.  They’d have their first amendment protections, ACLU would come to their legal defense I suppose.

The one thing that hits at a crux of the matter — while I suppose that the Bible Burning Day holders wouldn’t get it as hard as an Islamic Jihad, they would receive death threats — and admist the collection of death threats, there would be CREDIBLE death threats — to be turned over to policing authorities for investigation.

Who, in that scenario, is “Abusing” the First Amendment in the scenario a matter of conjecture.  I wouldn’t want to burn a Bible or Koran, except under extreme duress.

It’s about, what, 50 people out there in that Florida congregation?  That’s not a lot of people.  But fringe-collections sometimes are overplayed abroad — Fred Phelps has been portrayed abroad as more significant than he is — you have to imagine that Russia’s Igor Panarin is about the same here.

The Koran Burning has an expandable number of sympathizers — certainly moreso than would support the Bible Burning Event.  In the Bible-burning event, politicians wouldn’t be offering opposition of the most tepid nature, as follows former presidents alerting everyone that we’re not at war with Islam.

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