One Person CAN Make a Difference

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Don't ever doubt the power of one person stepping up and doing the right thing. Today it was a 23-year old skateboarder in Amarillo, Texas.

From Think Progress:

"In Amarillo, Texas, David Grisham, director of Repent Amarillo, “which aims to deter promiscuity, homosexuality and non-Christian worship practices through confrontation and prayer,” planned to burn the Islamic holy text at a public gathering."

Well, Jacob Isom didn't like this idea one bit. So he took matters into his own hands. Peacefully, using ingenuity, he made sure that the Koran wasn't burned and that it found a safe home.

"But  before he could set the book ablaze, a 23 year-old skateboarder named Jacob Isom swooped in and grabbed it:"

Isom turned the book over to the Islamic Center of Amarillo.

complete post is here:  http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/12/skateboarder-extremist-burning-quran/

Kid on a skateboard out-smarts evil bigots! You go Jacob!

Comments

YAYY JACOB!

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

*applause*

[otrame.livejournal.com]

I will defend to the death the right of assholes to burn books (if they own the book). Freedom of expression means freedom of repugnant expression, too. But I do hate a bookburner. Any book. I've heard of these Repent Amarillo assholes before. They are a bunch of self-righteous bigoted creeps who hang around outside adult bookstores and sex clubs and take pictures of customers.

They are doing it to make themselves feel big, and that tells me that they are very very small. Even though I do believe that they had the right to burn that book (I wonder how they would feel if I came along and tossed a Bible on their little bonfire?) I admire the kid who disrupted it.

[evalentine99.livejournal.com]

Way to go Jacob.

The courage of one indivuidual can change the whole world :)

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

i wish more people could be like Jacob.

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

Just heard that on the radio.

You'll note those "saviors" always seem to be where the smut is... ¬___¬