So this guy calls himself a pastor. He’s broke and on the verge of losing his property. So he comes up with a way to scare up major notoriety and grab attention from all over the world and to get his hands in the pockets of people who are creeps like himself.
He’s not quite Westboro yet, but he’s definitely working on it.
I have this deeply-felt wish: that the good people of Florida go to where Jones plans to hold his Koran burning on 9/11. That they race to protect those Korans from the flames unharmed as we want to be able to practice our own religions–or lack thereof–unharmed. That they manifest the honor of our country, our cherished belief in religious freedom, and our goodwill towards our fellow men. Everywhere.
(Ed. to add: Half an hour after I posted this, the Washington Post published a report that Jones has agreed to cancel his bookburning. He is now painting himself as a good person urging others not to burn Korans. I think we have a new definition of chutzpah.)