Elf Sternberg

I've seen the Bible defaced as an art act, in a public place, and while there was grumbling and indignant editorials in the local paper the week following, there was no massive riot. That's the distinction I make. The man bought the book with his own money and he has the right to do with it as he pleases: here in the U.S., we respect that right even if we don't like what he does with it.

I suppose there's the possibility you could enrage someone so much they would murder, but there are sanctions against that here, and they are enforced. Murder, on the other hand, is encouraged by government officials in Islamic states.

There were no riots in Iraq, or Iran, or even Palestine over this news. That makes me think that the riots in Pakistan and Afghanistan were primed and waiting for an excuse, and this was it.