So when Pakistanis and other folks from the region burn US flags, THAT'S ok, but burning a Koran isn't? They're almost one and the same. I can't be responsible for the actions of others based on their own irrational and disproportionate response to a book burning. If burning a Koran is "yelling fire" territory, then that reveals more about the offended rather than serving as a condemnation of the offender. A rational response to someone yelling fire is for people to run and take appropriate life-preserving action because of the thought that there is imminent danger. Burning someone's book (or flag) is an expression of an idea, not a call to any particular, expected rational action. Of course if burning a Koran is the same as yelling fire, then that offended community is the problem, not the person committing the act. If you burn a bible, I have yet the hear of Christians partaking in retaliatory bombings, maybe in the 12th century, but not now. Funny because if we accept the official U.S. government premise that Benghazi was the result of a YouTube video, then, in my opinion the whole lot of that subset of the Religion of Peace are beyond redemption and should be marginalized savages.

As far as hate speech, in the U.S. hate speech is legal -- as it should be. Being able to express ideas, no matter how repugnant, is the very foundation of the United States. Besides, who determines hate speech? If I say white people are less intelligent than Asians-- is that hate, or my own (distorted) view of the world? It's a very slippery slope to start classifying ideas and banning ideas based in some social norm or the moment.