What's the Big Deal?

It was nice to take a day off yesterday. For no other reason than, "Screw it. I feel like actually doing something."

Reading around the web in general, and it's pretty apparent that the vast majority of Americans don't understand what the big deal is with the riots and deaths over the Newsweek's bit of creative writing.

Most folks wouldn't think twice about throwing away an old Bible or a "Good News" New Testament that had been handed out to them. To them, the Bible's just a book. They might think it a good book - they might even think of it as The Good Book - but in the end, it's just a book.

Now look at the Quran. According to the Muslim faith, this is the literal word of God, which was given to Mohammed in dreams or trances. Therefore, it's not "just a book". It is something to be revered and protected. That goes for every single copy of it.

About the only thing I can think of that would compare to the desecration claimed in Newsweek would be if someone went into a Synagogue and wiped their ass with a Torah scroll.

Get the picture?

Now, this view of the Quran is not something new or a big surprise to people who have travelled through those lands.

I guess the MSM's new standard for news is: Well, we can't prove it happened, but we can't prove it didn't - run with it!!