Daily Blend: Sunday, December 12, 2010

Pastor Terry Jones

• English activism group urges government to ban planned visit from US’s “Burn a Koran Day” Pastor Terry Jones [pictured] over hate speech. Bad move. The proper response to bigoted assholes is denunciation and rhetorical confrontation, not trying to silence them.
  (via @BreakingNews)

• 12-year-old English boy threatened with arrest for trying to organize a peaceful protest of his youth center’s impending closure in front of PM David Cameron’s office.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Another stupid concept: Utah car dealer finds it is illegal to divert rain water from his roof to help clean his cars.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• How the story of Job should be retold.
  (via The Daily Grail)

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