You think that Newsweek will feel too intimidated to report on controversial subjects? I doubt it. In any case, they published - and then retracted - something which was downright inflammatory, and which triggered a wave of hostilities all over the globe. They deserve every bit of the negative publicity which they received.
Is it physically impossible to flash a book down a toilet? Normally, that would cause a major problem... To reduce the argument Ad Absurdum - one can record the text of the Koran on, say, a microchip, and of course the text would be more amenable to various potential mistreatments...
But that's not really the point. Over the years, I had an opportunity to meet many members of the US military, from privates to Generals, and I don't imagine any single one of them breaking rules and engaging in unlawful or inappropriate behavior - be it against religious symbols - or people.
I choose to believe them, and not the manipulative self-serving claims. |
