A pastor's threat to burn a copy of Koran kept the entire world on edge for the past three days. True, the American laws on individual's liberty do not permit the government from embargoing such acts of lunacy. Luckily better sense seems to have prevailed on the pastor and it is now unlikely that he will go ahead with his threat.
In the meanwhile, a comparable ominous development is taking place in Germany. A director of Bundesbank, the German central bank, Thilo Sarrazin has recently written a book titled "Germany does away with itself: How we are gamblng away our country". The author accuses the immigrants of not integrating with the host country. Sarrazin, ironically in charge of risk control in the Bank, has made provocative observations about different religions in his book. His views were generally well received by the German public though the sharpness of comments was criticised. Deeming the book as politically incorrect and reminiscent of Hitler's Mein Kampf, the Bundesbank sacked the writer from its Board. The question that now arises is who is more intolerant, the person who voices deviant/inflammatory views or the organisation that punishes an employee for his incendiary comments made in his personal capacity?
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