According to The (Syracuse) Post-Standard, young “staunch Republican” Jon Alvarez, just weeks from reporting for boot camp after enlisting in the Army Reserve, has gotten himself into trouble with his contest to create a paper mache pig from copies of the Qur’an. (If he is so staunch, and thinks this war is so necessary and swell, why stop at the Reserves? Ahh, never mind…) I don’t much care what he does with copies of the Qur’an he owns. So what? I found the kicker here, however: Alvarez said the contest will illustrate the hypocrisy of Muslim extremists who burn the … Continue reading Equivalence & Idolatry