Should the government step in and stop Pastor Terry Jones?

NO! America was founded upon the right to free speech and the right of freedom of religion. No matter how idiotic the speech or how stupid the religion, you have a right to express it in the USA.

That is a good thing, that we should all fight to preserve, With regard to this issue, I would like to know why it is ok to burn bibles and/or USA flags but it is a controversy to burn the Koran? The USA military recently burned a shipment of Christian bibles that some church managed to get to Afghanistan in order to avoid trouble. Just the plan to burn Korans resulted in widespread USA flag burning.

That just ain't right. Our wacko's have the right to burn the Koran, Muslim's can burn the Christian or Jewish bible to their hearts' content, but where do they get off burning our flag? That's for our own protesters to do.

You bet. Is the idea of burning a religious book considered sacred by many, in a nation that was founded on a desire for and principle of religious freedom, horrendous? Absolutely!

Hypocritical too! Does that mean it is justified to trample on someone's right of personal expression (freedom of speech) because we don't agree with them? No, no, and emphatically no!

The government would LOVE to get the go-ahead from the soft-hearted, naive Americans that they should step in, stop this Minister and "save our troops. " Add that new power to the Patriot Act and the government can pretty much dictate absolutely everything in your life. And please do not trick yourself by saying that essentially they can do that now anyway, as an excuse not to fight for the precious few freedoms you have left.

Individual liberties in this nation are more sacred than religious beliefs, as contrary as that may seem. If those liberties are trampled, then so is all religion at any time it falls out of favor with the reigning powers that be.It's a nasty bit of business, an extremist Christian shaking his (burning Koran) fist at extremist jihads. Pray our troops do not pay the penalty.

Pray still that our citizens, who seem to be the favorite target of jihads, do not pay the penalty. But pray harder that the George Soros puppets in D.C. Don't jump on this opportunity to upend freedom of speech rights for everyone. If just one incident of stifling freedom of speech is considered justifiable, all freedom of speech is lost (eventually).

Just look what they did with the Rico Act.

The good Pastor Jones is a scam artist. He has found a way to gather in mega- sheaves wrapped in the safety of Constitutional protection. The Dove Outreach Center is said to have a congregation of 50.As of the 2006 tax records, the ministry had assets of over a half million dollars and an income of almost quarter million dollars.

The City of Gainsville revoked the tax exemption from a portion of the property as the good pastor ran a for-profit furniture business from the property. Can you say “tax evasion? €?

There is also indication that this good pastor has been running a world - wide furniture enterprise under the cover of guise of a charity. There is also indication that he was asked to leave Germany because of these shadow dealings. That and because he could not show any proof for his use of the title of “Doctor.

€? I am sure that the good Pastor upholds the sanctity of life. However, he persists in advertising the book burning when high level military leaders of the current American war efforts say that American military personnel will become increased targets.

Is the right to burn a book worth just one American hero’s life? Glenn Beck just held a rally to support our American heroes in the military. Are American soldiers only heroes if they perish in a combat situations?

Yes, the First Amendment protects scoundrels. The question is does this right apply to those seeking personal financial gain by fraudulent means. He has garnered the support of major media pundits who are also working as paid employees of an enterprise which converts causes to ratings and then into revenue.

It has become a part of the Great American Buyocracy. The highest American right has become the right to make a buck - decency, civility and truth be darned. Should the government step in to stop this travesty?

No, but the American people should not be protecting a thief who is stealing our leader's time and putting fellow American lives in danger. The better question is:"What will it take for Americans to exercise their right to switch the dial when the hired help raise up scoundrels for profit.?

Although burning the Koran is not politically correct and it can hurt the feelings and sense of righteousness of many people, I do not think that the government should step in and put a stop to it. I do not agree with the plans of this pastor but I must say that he has the right to exercise his freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

I suspect that the quickest way to stop this would be for ordinary people to show up and threaten to throw Bibles into the same fire.

I do not know what the government should do, but I do know that burning the Koran out of anger towards Muslims is wrong. I am a Christian myself, but I would never do such a thing. This pastor is crazy.

He is endangering innocent lives by angering radical muslims. I do not believe that the government should stop this by force, but maybe by words, or a letter from Obama. Maybe when the time comes there should be police force nearbye.

There is really nothing that the federal government can do. The local police can arrest him for conducting a fire without a permit, but other than that, it is freedom of speech. Remember, we live by, and die by, the US Constitution.

Any government agency that stepped in to stop him from specifically doing this act would be in violation of the 1st Amendment. There are other reasons that could cause them to step in...like weapons violations, tax issues, or even immigrations issues. The problem is, it would still top off a lot of people about a civil rights violation.

Perhaps the local city or county government could take steps to stop him, but the federal government has no authority to do so. I am all about free speech, but burning books is not free speech. In fact it is the opposite of free speech, it is the beginning of the END of freedom.

Just because others have burned the bible, burned the flag...well we don't need to stoop down to that level in this country, again.... I completely agree with Heinrich Heine....."Wherever they burn books, in the end will also burn human beings. " - Heinrich Heine If you would like to know more about the history of book burning throughout the world check out Bosmajian, Haig. Burning Books.

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2006. 233p.Alk. Paper, $39.95 (ISBN 9780786422081).

LC 2005-35201. The titles of the main chapters of this book are: "The Magic of Books and Fire," "Burning Blasphemous-Heretical Books," "Burning Seditious-Subversive Books," and "Burning Obscene-Immoral Books. And just a thought....how many water balloons would it take to prevent a bonfire?

AND ...remember only you can prevent forest...I mean book fires.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.