Terry Jones met with a number of religious leaders and had his fare share of fights with news reporters over the week of international coverage. If Forest Gump was able to meet with Terry Jones and explain some of this mother's logic to him, it would be interesting to see the reaction from the crazy pastor.
The media had interviewed hundreds of different people from all over the world before Sept. 11, 2010 to get their insight into the Qur'an burning. If Forest Gump was interviewed, I would have changed the events by having him influence the decisions of other extremists into calming down their actions. In the movie, he tends to use his over simplification as a solution to many problems, and he also creates many ideas such as the "Shit Happens" slogan and the smiley-face T shirt.
Terry Jones obviously thought he was right and did not want to listen to any other solution to his mission. If Forest Gump were to meet with him and hold a press conference, I think it would prove to be a comedic and simple outcome. If the movie taught any lesson it was that some of the worlds major issues, such as racism and segregation, are non-existant in the minds of people like Forest Gump who were raised to respect everyone.
There have been many complex events to happen around the world since the release of Forest Gump and the timeframe the movie has been based upon. It shows there are some incredibly simple solutions to the world's problems which a character like Forest Gump would solve.
Forest's reactions would be of disgust, and it would be shocking to him. I think if it were a part of the movie there would definitely be a flashback to some of the values his mother taught him.
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