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Danish government will introduce new law to ban burning the Quran
(www.euronews.com)
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How about banning public book burning in general? Not a lot of good memories related to that.
Want to keep burning books? Have waste collection services provide a pickup point. Then they can do it in some industrial incinerator so you'll have your book burned but without providing media with an easy outrage (unless you wanted outrage?).
Book burning seems to be a tool of right wing extremism, even when it's used against right wing extremists of some other kind, there's very little benefit to the society.
Also obligatory, fuck organized religion.
I've seen left wing people burn books too. Most notably Harry Potter books in the last few years.
Obviously there's a philosophical question about whether the Quaran should have more protections as a "holy book", but it's something that runs the gamut these days.
I don't believe critique of JK Rowling is left wing extremism although book burning as a form of consumer boycott seems to be rather counterproductive.
are Potterheads a persecuted minority that face violence up to systematic murder in Europe? I dont think so. Meanwhile muslim people or people being deemed as muslims or "brown" are subject to extensive discrimination, hatred and violence.
I would just ban burning things in general. Seems like a fire hazard.