(March 26, 2023 at 11:12 pm)Helios Wrote:Quote:Which principle are you talking about?The general principle is that generally, the only people who burn books are religious fundamentalist nutters or fascists and that we really shouldn't be emulating them. If you don't like a book don't read it. You don't have to burn it.
There could be other reasons for burning a book.
Maybe the book comes from a politician you don’t like or you don’t like his politics and you want to send a message.
Maybe the book comes from someone who hates LGBT and you don’t like his politics/opinions and you want to send a message.
Maybe the book comes from someone who wants to pollute and destroy the ecology and you are against his politics/opinions and you want to send a message.
I don’t know the details who the Koran burner in Sweden is. Maybe he doesn’t want foreigners in his country, maybe he finds that his culture is under attack by high level of immigration, maybe he has heard about the interactions between christians and muslims in the past and present and so, he doesn’t like all muslim people.
Maybe he is in front of the turkish embassy since he has a problem with the politics of that country.
He needs to listen to his heart and do the right thing and if he needs to get his message across by burning the Koran, that is fine.
The rules to get your message across is not set in stone.
Example:
Some people want to form a union, block passage to the Ford factory until Ford listens to the demands of the employees.
Sometimes, you need to set a few cars on fire, cut the electric lines, etc.
But at least, none of these guys are suddenly escalating it into murders.
