Delete a Koran day
Terry Jones is a sad little man, and a troll to boot. On 11 September 2010, he was going to conduct a book burning, for which the kindling was going to be a copy of the Koran. This resulted in a huge media shit-storm, with everyone from world leaders, straight on down to the local hobo under the overpass, having some kind of opinion on the matter, and collectively working themselves into a frenzied lather. Prophecies of impending doom came from all corners: from Muslims, from sycophants and apologists, from the aforementioned world leaders, and from everyone on the internet—times two.
But when the day came, there was no burning—the troll seemed to have misplaced the gas, or something—and all those who cowered in fear of offending, breathed a collective sigh of relief, and the world went about its business, and everyone forgot the whole, pathetic affair.
Now fast forward to 20 March 2011, when Terry Jones finally managed to locate his misplaced fuel, and get down to that all-important task of Koran burning. The world shrugged at the infantile display, having matured infinitely in the preceding sixth months, and Pastor Jones trundled off into obscurity once again.
If only that were true.
Instead, 14 U.N. aid workers were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on 1 April 2011. All because some troll burned a book.
Many condemn Jones, and blame him for the deaths, rather than placing the blame squarely where it should be: on the shoulders of the cruel, malicious, cretins who did the killing. They had a choice, and they chose violence. What is worse, is that they are enabled by people in the West who are of the opinion that we must tip-toe around Muslim sensibilities for fear of offending them.
Science forbid that ANYONE should EVER be offended.
Well, I have decided to help offend. I have been inspired by the videos of Thunderf00t, and Illuminatiprimus, and am taking part in the first ever ‘Delete a Koran day.’
My first stop was Project Gutenberg, where I obtained a copy of the Koran. Step two, was to create a folder (titled burn), and two sub-folders (titled one, and two). Step three was to cobble together a bash script that repeatedly copies and deletes a file (or files). (I am sure there is a better way to do this, but it suits my needs for now.)
#!/bin/bash
COUNT=0
until [ $COUNT -gt 1000000 ]; do
cp ~/burn/one/*.txt ~/burn/two
rm ~/burn/one/*.txt
let COUNT=COUNT+1
echo Value of count is: $COUNT
cp ~/burn/two/*.txt ~/burn/one
rm ~/burn/two/*.txt
let COUNT=COUNT+1
echo Value of count is: $COUNT
done
And finally, step four was to set it loose upon the copy of the Koran that was occupying space on the hard drive.
I am pleased to say that, as I write this, it has just finished deleting Koran number 180510. I am hopeful that I can reach 1000000 before the end of the day.