Presidential apology

There's some more stupid going on right now. People are mad because the president apologized for the accidental burning of Korans. This is stupid.

What these people argue is that Muslims and other more violent religions burn churches and persecute Christians everyday. Therefore, we should not apologize to them.

Here's the problem. We aren't them. If we applied this same logic historically, we should have thrown all German people into concentration camps. Not all Germans were Nazis, true, but neither are all Muslims part of the Taliban. We are held to a standard of respect for mankind, regardless of whether they agree with us. Jesus said "Love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you." He said we should do the opposite of retaliating in kind.

Yes they broke out in violent protests and have begun killing people. This is an overreaction to an accident. Also, our soldiers and Marines should be defending themselves and putting down the violence. However...

However I think the Presidential apology was a good thing. I would have done it were I the president. I don't care if the persecute my brothers and sisters in Christ. That does not give me the right to blow off the words of Jesus. We are held to a different standard. The apology was the right thing.