tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735825520095400787.post3314216851071239225..comments2023-05-28T09:52:26.071-05:00Comments on Finding the Right Words: What Patriotism Means to Me.Minervahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803450940250232122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735825520095400787.post-3955288715055684662010-09-12T20:41:57.682-05:002010-09-12T20:41:57.682-05:00Yes.
IMO, though, it's not that Jones had a &...Yes.<br /><br />IMO, though, it's not that Jones had a "change of heart", as that he had reached the point of diminishing returns, media-attention-wise. As I understand it, he initially was claiming that in exchange for him calling off the Koran burning, the "mosque" on the "sacred ground" was not going to be built, after all; which, if true, would have been quite a coup for him, and as a reaction, a tad out of proportion. It would have been tantamount to Muslims agreeing that, in the future, they could be essentially held to ransom for <i>anything</i>, by anyone with access to printing facilities. I just don't see it. <br /><br />When the BS detectors went off, he changed his tune a bit, but still was going to show an attention-profit, in that the man heading up the "mosque" project was supposedly going to meet with him to "discuss" it. Don't know how/if that went off, but I doubt it did his sense of self-importance any harm.<br /><br />------<br />My Own POV (in haiku form, naturally!)<br />***<br /><br />Why must we have a<br />Competitive pissing match<br />Between religions?<br /><br />Why must we always<br />See sinister overtones<br />In what's unlike "us"?<br /><br />Hybridisation<br />Is of very great value;<br />It increases options.<br /><br />"Multicultural"<br />Is not solely measured in<br />Foreign fast-food joints.<br /><br />In this changing world<br />More adaptability<br />Is better than less!<br /><br />cicelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6735825520095400787.post-33518319008546953502010-09-12T14:29:33.268-05:002010-09-12T14:29:33.268-05:00Exactly!Exactly!Miminoreply@blogger.com