Ordinarily I think fundamentalism is useful in that it gives people a sense of discipline. We might know people who have turned to fundamentalism and as a result are no longer drunk and shooting at passersby, generally making mischief that's grating on society.
If we could only get these fundamentalists to learn just a tiny bit of religious tolerance. That unfortunately is a very tall order and the result of that intolerance is a headfirst dumb as a brick descent into the stupidest archetypes and ways of acting out that mankind has allowed. This ever boorish violent activity seems destined to be repeated over and over as long as mankind exists.
Reuters: Ten dead in Afghan Koran burning protests
...extremist Christian preacher Terry Jones who supervised the burning of the Koran in front of about 50 people at a church in Florida on March 20...
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Its pretty messed up, an utterly unnecessary tragedy.
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