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In Defense of Terry Jones... Sort of

Posted: 04/21/11 05:37 PM ET

I know you're all pissed off about Terry Jones, the pastor that burned the Koran. You say 'He's so out of line, so insensitive.'

Yes, he's a nut job, there's a nut job on every corner. But how about we start judging a religion that decides to kill people when you burn their text?

 
 
 

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I know you're all pissed off about Terry Jones, the pastor that burned the Koran. You say 'He's so out of line, so insensitive.' Yes, he's a nut job, there's a nut job on every corner. But how about ...
I know you're all pissed off about Terry Jones, the pastor that burned the Koran. You say 'He's so out of line, so insensitive.' Yes, he's a nut job, there's a nut job on every corner. But how about ...
 
 
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08:57 AM on 04/29/2011
They say he put our military in jeopardy but isn’t that what the military is for? Isn’t that their job? To protect our rights and freedoms? At least that’s why I served USMC/USN in Vietnam.

Why bother fighting otherwise? (Actually that would be my choice, just to isolate these stone age people)
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05:00 PM on 04/28/2011
Carolla is funny when it comes to the irritating trivia of life.

Anything else, he is out of his element. He sounds like an old man who has had a few and is now going to proceed to explain it all to you, at length. lol.
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01:40 AM on 04/29/2011
I agree. I used to listen his podcast, love line and his morning show but he gets way too preachy and these rants seem like they go on forever
07:19 PM on 04/27/2011
Hilariously spot on Mr. Carolla.
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02:42 PM on 04/27/2011
We should burn every copy of the koran on the planet...and use all of the bibles and torahs as kindling.
09:57 AM on 04/27/2011
Spoken by a man who thinks it's the 10th century.
When Roman Catholic Europe basically went to war with anyone who wasn't....wait for it...Roman Catholic!
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12:06 AM on 04/28/2011
You mean when they started the Crusades to take back countries conquered by the.... wait for it.... Muslims?
01:18 AM on 04/29/2011
That's the part of the crusades everyone conveniently forgets for some reason.
09:01 AM on 04/29/2011
Yeah who won the crusades anyway? I am an Atheist and think its all BS, but that does definately get glossed over. I'm sure there is a lesson in all of this
10:04 AM on 04/25/2011
Why does the Religion of Peace always end killing people when you question their peacefulness?
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mfrantom
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09:40 PM on 04/24/2011
It's amazing how Bill Maher gets a free pass when he addresses the same issue.
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11:07 PM on 04/24/2011
Maybe because Bill Maher has a negative view of all religion not just Islam... but either way I question sweeping statements on Islam too
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05:27 PM on 04/25/2011
He is a comedian, first and foremost. So sometimes I agree with him and sometimes I don't He can be too edgy at times..
09:03 AM on 04/29/2011
Carolla is an Atheist as well, I think he should run for office
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mfrantom
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09:37 PM on 04/24/2011
Carolla is saying exactly what I have been trying to say. Why do we worry so much about guys like Jones, but we don't worry about our own worries to the people who have such extreme reactions to Jones? We have our priorities mixed up.
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03:47 PM on 04/25/2011
Many people have been so whipped into submission by the PC police they are quite willing to let fanatics dictate what is and is not acceptable.

If you participate in "X", group "Y" will commit atrocity "Z".

Therefore, If you do participate in "X", atrocity "Z" is your fault.

It's all politically correct, metro-sexual, peacenik, kumbaya bullshit.
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11:29 AM on 04/26/2011
Metrosexual? Please explain.
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01:43 AM on 04/29/2011
No, its people who reason. There are 1.5 billion muslims... a 100 act violently therefore the whole group is bad. Does that make sense to you?
08:01 PM on 04/24/2011
Why on earth is freedom of speech suddenly such a hard concept to understand? Should die hard patriotic Americans be allowed to kill flag burners? When a jar of urine with the cross is called art should Christians be given a pass so they can rise up and kill the artist?

Adam puts this into perfect perspective it truly sad that he has to.......
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Food for thought tastes like chicken
09:14 PM on 04/24/2011
The artist who created "Piss Christ" did indeed get loads of death threats. Many doctors have been murdered by Christians who disagree with them.
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mfrantom
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09:38 PM on 04/24/2011
"Many doctors..." The number of those doctors killed by "Christians" pales in comparison to those killed by Muslims in the past 20 years.
07:15 AM on 04/25/2011
Just so I'm clear what was the total number of deaths from "Piss Christ" again?
I'll help you out here, the answer is zero.

Sorry there is no comparison between killing over a burned book and killing in the name of the unborn. No comparison. One group is killing over an inanimate object and the other is killing in their mind in the defense of human life.

Not to mention that just this specific Koran incident is responsible for more deaths than all abortion Dr. deaths combined. Even as a bad comparison it still doesn't go to make your point.
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06:59 PM on 04/26/2011
Yeah, especially the part where he leaves out the whack job that invaded a nation for no reason at all and burnt 1/2 million people in the process, pretty "happy" truth, ah?
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07:44 PM on 04/24/2011
"a religion that decides to kill people when you burn their text?"

I did not see all Muslims react violently, so to judge the entire religion by its most vulnerable to violence shows a lack of thought about human nature and the situation in Afghanistan.
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03:48 PM on 04/25/2011
How many Muslims must react violently and how many people must die before it's an issue for you?
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04:16 PM on 04/25/2011
I will never judge an entire group by the actions of a few.
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U mad?
06:13 PM on 04/24/2011
Adam Carolla is 100% correct.
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Lifer2006
07:00 PM on 04/26/2011
Yes, in la la land.
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05:54 PM on 04/24/2011
Although I’m Atheist Terry Jones is a patriot, hero and more courageous than most of this country. I admire him for these things.
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09:12 PM on 04/24/2011
That's what it takes to be a righty hero, eh?
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11:34 AM on 04/26/2011
I don't think being a controversy/attention hound is heroic. If he was a true Christian, he would be focusing on practicing his own religion instead of spending all his time inflaming followers of Islam. Not Christ-like.
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Lifer2006
07:01 PM on 04/26/2011
Yeah and ignoring what an armadilla chasing whack job did to the middle east because "god" spoke to him, and told him he had a grand mission.
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03:13 PM on 04/24/2011
Are you going to believe anything you get from the Main Stream Media?

Actually the Riots that killed the Afghanistan weren't about the burning of the Koran. They were about the news of the American Soldiers hunting down and killing Afghanis for sport. The western media are using the Koran burning as an excuse. wake up.

And - Adam - think about that: They weren't protesting the burning of a book. They were protesting being hunted down and killed for sport by Americans.
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04:35 PM on 04/24/2011
So many corners.
03:39 PM on 04/25/2011
Actually they were killed because of the book burning. They were originally protesting the issue with soldiers but then turned when some mullahs got in their trucks with load speakers & began driving through the crowds telling everyone what had happened. Regardless of the reason, there wasn't any excuse for what they did.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42376051/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
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11:43 AM on 04/26/2011
Sounds like you were there!

Over 100,000 civilians have been killed during our "engagement" in the Middle East. And I'm not denying that Muslims were angry about the Koran burning. They should have been! To many of them (and to me...) it seems like most Americans have no respect for their religion, our soldiers hunt them like animals, our nation exploits their nations for natural resources.... I could go on. Yes, the Koran burning was part of it but it's really simplistic and dismissive of recent past events to say that the Koran burning was entirely responsible.
03:05 PM on 04/24/2011
Adam Carolla: 15 more years...2 more divorces....A little more money = Donald Trump
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04:20 PM on 04/24/2011
Why do you say that? Because he has a strong opinion? I've listened to him for years now and while I don't agree with everything he has to say, I think this country would be vastly improved if he were President.
02:55 PM on 04/24/2011
Adam makes a valid point about condemning both types of extremists and, rightfully, reserving our more severe reproach for those who take innocent lives. However, this Comment us only the watered down version. I regularly listen to Adam's Podcast and in that program he has a much longer diatribe directly attacking Islam as a whole and branding the religion based on the acts of a few extremists.
Adam is a bright guy and very funny. However, his views, especially when dealing with politics are overly simplistic and xenophobic. Also, when you have built a career out of being irreverent and bucking the "politically correct" (see The Man Show and Loveline), I'm not sure if you just feel obliged to take such stances because "thats the kind of Guy you are."

It may not seem like it, but I am a fan and enjoy Adam's show. But you have to understand who he is. You are not going to get nuanced complex political commentary from him. We all have friends like him; funny, intelligent guys who just don't know what the $&£# they are talking about when dealing with social or political issues (I usually call these my Republican friends).
03:21 PM on 04/24/2011
ullullaallualall..my god strike down the next guy who repeats the word "Xenophobe" ullullululuullluuu
03:30 PM on 04/24/2011
If the shoe fits...