I could accept your position as fervent and well-reasoned, whether I agreed or not. But then you wrote those final two paragraphs. You probably stayed on the lawful side of the First Amendment, but not by much. Before you even speak of death by fire, you may want to consider how volatile are the times in which we live. You should pray that nothing happens to that birdwatcher. You also might wish to recall that there are a lot more — and better-armed — white people than there are black people.