Muslim Leaders to Hold ‘Stand with the Prophet’ Rally in Texas

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Georgetown University prof, controversial Imam to attend

Muslim leaders from across America will gather in Texas this weekend to hold the annual Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect conference, a weekend forum that is being billed as a “movement to defend Prophet Muhammad, his person, and his message,” according to event information.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/muslim-leaders-to-hold-stand-with-the-prophet-rally-in-texas/

Free speech. I love it.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Free speech. I love it.

Good this academic entity is willing to hear controversial individuals intellectual thoughts. Learning should not be one-sided, for example, willing to teach and unable to listen to opinions that differ from the teacher. This wouldn't be news if it read Christian Leaders to Hold "Stand with Jesus" Rally in Texas.

Edited January 14, 2015 by Janelle2002

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This wouldn't be news if it read Christian Leaders to Hold "Stand with Jesus" Rally in Texas.

It would and has been, not that long ago. However, I am with John Locke, (paraphrasing), Let them speak in the public square. The public doesn't suffer fools long, lest we turn them into martyrs.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

It would and has been, not that long ago. However, I am with John Locke, (paraphrasing), Let them speak in the public square. The public doesn't suffer fools long, lest we turn them into martyrs.

You mean you and your like thinkers. I don't do public hangings or kill people. There are plenty of normal people out here like me.

Glad i'm not part of the public you hang around in your private little la la coup. You should go back to sleep. The cave man days are over.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You mean you and your like thinkers. I don't do public hangings or kill people. There are plenty of normal people out here like me.

Glad i'm not part of the public you hang around in your private little la la coup. You should go back to sleep. The cave man days are over.

I think you missed the point, completely. You have heard of John Locke, haven't you?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I think you missed the point, completely. You have heard of John Locke, haven't you?

I know who John Locke is. Do you know what the phrase was referring to or the meaning of the phrase? If I am wrong I will apologize with all sincerity. Bring the person out in public so they can be killed for their religious beliefs and made a hero by people of their religion.

Is there something different you took away from the phrase you quoted?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I know who John Locke is. Do you know what the phrase was referring to or the meaning of the phrase? If I am wrong I will apologize with all sincerity. Bring the person out in public so they can be killed for their religious beliefs and made a hero by people of their religion.

Is there something different you took away from the phrase you quoted?

That is not at all what the phrase means, and it probably fits even better with John Stuart Mill, On Liberty. The idea is not to discourage public speaking, rather to encourage it. All ideas. Let the public decide which ideas are worth pursuing, and which are rubbish. The warning is, that by suppressing certain ideas, you create martyrs (figuratively), that ideas that would have been eventually dismissed, gain credence only because those ideas were suppressed. Of course, the intellectuals of the 17th and 18th century assumed an educated and discerning public would be the result.

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That is not at all what the phrase means, and it probably fits even better with John Stuart Mill, On Liberty. The idea is not to discourage public speaking, rather to encourage it. All ideas. Let the public decide which ideas are worth pursuing, and which are rubbish. The warning is, that by suppressing certain ideas, you create martyrs (figuratively), that ideas that would have been eventually dismissed, gain credence only because those ideas were suppressed. Of course, the intellectuals of the 17th and 18th century assumed an educated and discerning public would be the result.

I can agree with this. With all of the anti-Muslim stuff going around and with you using such a short version of the quote I mistook your meaning. Thanks for clarifying and I am sorry for the confusion I caused you.

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I think you missed the point, completely. You have heard of John Locke, haven't you?

This John Locke?? No??

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This John Locke?? No??

No, his namesake. I never watched that show.

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No one ever flew an airplane into a building in the name of Jesus that I can recall.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

No one ever flew an airplane into a building in the name of Jesus that I can recall.

In was more so for in the name of not liking the U.S. government.

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It was an inside job by the gov.

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It was an inside job by the gov.