tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4552001755225276231.post3457402934802339888..comments2023-05-30T08:51:21.549-04:00Comments on Blog Am: Burning with hatredRabbi Jason Rosenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03718650670542762857noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4552001755225276231.post-12276241465536852912010-08-24T03:04:09.647-04:002010-08-24T03:04:09.647-04:00Behind on my blog reading as usual, so my apologie...Behind on my blog reading as usual, so my apologies for being a bit slow on the uptake here, but I'll take opposite (or perhaps more correctly the agnostic) position.<br /><br />Who gives a $#!% what a bunch of fanatics (of any stripe) burn? Burn the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, the Talmud, the U.S. Constitution (include the Bill of Rights for Extra Irony!), Catcher in the Rye, the Collected Works of Shakespeare, Where the Red Fern Grows, old copies of Mad (or Playboy) Magazine, or the stupid advert circulars that fatten our Sunday newspapers (my favorite for camp fires), what difference does it make? If -- IF -- there is "[T]truth" in any of those publications, how could it or its ostensible accompanying wisdom possibly be diminished in any way by the mere childish symbolism (for that's all it is at the end of the day) that some people insist upon attributing to (or seeing in) a pointless act of arson? Truth, if indeed it exists as such and especially if it ever could be expressed in the scribblings of people, by definition cannot possibly be that fragile. Human feelings, sensibilities and egos, of course, can be and usually are, but who ever found any [T]truth worth knowing in those places?<br /><br />Unless you're talking about the destruction of literally the last copy of something that cannot be replaced in any form or format (or a burn protocol that violates common sense or local fire safety regulations including "Spare the Air" days here in California), I simply cannot be bothered to summon the energy to care any less about what someone burns, when or why. I only ask the burners please just don't disrupt traffic, thank you very much, as you make a fool of yourself and generally prove the very point you probably set out to protest in the first place. <br /><br />And finally, I'm constrained to identify the obvious: The sort of outrage expressed in posts like this (as genuine and heart-felt as it was I'm sure) is exactly what these ridiculous people are hoping to provoke. There's a reason why they don't show the ball-park streaker on TV....<br /><br />Sorry, but there it is. Peace from NorCal (where we loves a good book burnin'!).Mike Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041905314320756875noreply@blogger.com