The book burning could detract from the lasting symbolism of the World Trade Centre site, giving oxygen to extremists' rabid defences of the slaughter.

Further, it puts coalition soldiers overseas at more risk through the possibility that the cooperation of friendly locals could be affected by the example of anti-Islamic feeling in the US.

We are like frogs gradually being boiled in Shariah law so as not to freely express an opinion otherwise we are under threat of Fatwa. "Islam" means submission to the laws of Allah - and one of those laws is blasphemy. To burn the Koran under shariah is blasphemy against Allah and the penalty is death. Those that protest against free speech (upon which our society is civilized about) for fear of Islam's reactions are surcumming to shariah for pacificism.

Christians can take criticism without taking up the sword, which was the instruction Jesus gave.

I wonder when the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be burning Bibles?

911 was a politically based event, not a religious one but this stunt will play into the hands of all those who wish to see it only in those terms.

rache if I offend you so be it.
No sorrow no nice words that post offends me.
Are you aware of the way Japan treated whole populations.
Do you know the story of the rape and butchery done to that Chinese city?
The Machine gunning of Australian nurses.
Are you aware of the torture and even eating of captured Australian soldiers.
Did you see the death toll on those Pacific Islands?
Women who had been told they would Be raped killing them selves and children rather than live.
Those bombs had they been first in the hands of Hitler may have still been killing millions.
Had Japan had them, you and I if alive would be slaves.
Spare me the truly evil PC condemning the USA for doing what it had to.
I ask this, are you aware within 2 years Japan was to be better of for its population than it ever had been.
Do you thank America for rebuilding it and Europe?
You HIGHLIGHT some comments are not balanced.

As you can see I do not mind the thread wandering, in fact it is the way we do it here.
But it is not about Islam or Christianity.
It is about a lunatic and his followers who devalue any God.
Maybe it is about the increasing danger I see in SOME followers of any God.
The thought this man is unaware even now after he says he will not do it, Murders will take place because he said he would.
I follow the National Rugby League, [ what has that got to do with this? wait]
On Monday my phone runs hot every one will tell you his/her team was robbed and the others got away with it.
My team right or wrong.
What hides within us all, every race every human that we can convince ourselves something as beautiful as the God myth was bought about.
So we can hate and kill one another.
How can our Christian posters for the most part not see the whole idea is to unite not divide humanity.
Burn that church,first hand out in friendship to say we can not continue to hate each other
Tell Me no storys about Islam I know them all lets try to turn this around.

I for one do not want to unite humanity at all, which is why I support these actions (most of all the actions of Westergaard and the other cartoonists), because they show clear as day where the divisions truly lie and WHY (keeping in mind those cartoons were a direct response to the new limitations on secular conduct as allegedly demanded by the Muslim community of THEIR countries.

I don't want to live in a society where I, an atheist, am forced to bow and scrape to irrational superstitions of every person who feels like coming in and who contribute zero to my well-being whatsoever (and rather subtract from it when they are around).
That goes to the likes that would demand action for the cartoons, and for the pilgrims that swamped Sydney in World Youth Day.

As such, it was far better that societies of secular (or outright atheist) Westerners make cartoons, societies of fanatical Christians burn books and societies of fanatical Muslims put Western guest-workers to death for inappropriately naming a Teddy Bear in order to ensure we each can live the way we want, and make it clear that it's not up for negotiation with the other parties, and agree to disagree.

Peace can only be achieved when the many civilizations around the world understand where their limitations are on what they would tolerate on their own soil, and to respect those of others, no matter how repugnant we might find them.