speech laws differently. She said she had seen a lot of support for Qurâan burning on social media, but was strongly against it. âI donât support it at all because it is basically violating another group of people. I donât know how you can support that.â
For Inge Zurcher, 79, however, a ban made sense. âItâs awful. It shouldnât be allowed,â she said, adding that the government did not âunderstand what damage theyâre doing to Sweden and to Muslimsâ.
Tal Domankewitz, 39, a tourist guide, said there should be limits to Swedenâs freedom of expression laws. âThere are some cases where you have to think again and not let it happen. It has to be limited.â
Meanwhile, Abdi Ibrahim, 44, a social worker, said the burnings were ruining Swedenâs reputation in the world. âIt feels like most people have the same perception, that freedom of expression is good but that it should not violate others. You can express your views in another way.â
Iman Omer, 20, a Muslim, who was out and about with her sister Monica, said it should be possible to classify the Qurâan burnings as a hate crime. âI understand you are allowed to think and feel what you want, this is a free country, but there must be boundaries,â she said. âItâs such a pity that it has happened so many times and Sweden doesnât seem to learn from its mistakes.â
Thems the breaks with speech.
Burning the Koran is most certainly going to get people upset. If someone took anotherâs Koran and burned it, thereâs already a law for that. If someone burned a Koran, pointed at a Muslim person and said âYouâre next!â, thatâs a direct threat.
Getting overly upset because someone desecrated a common item you feel is holy⊠I donât have a lot of sympathy.
If you are in a liberal democracy that values free speech, youâre gonna have to suck it up and pick your battles. If you want people to be tolerant of your nonsense book that has backward ways of seeing the world, you will have to tolerate that they may tell you precisely what they think about it. On the best days, people should be able to hear speech that offends them, and everyone goes home safe to argue another day. No personal threats, no violence.
I donât have a single word to say in defense of Islam.
deleted by creator
Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people. - Heinrich Heine
You shouldnât be downvoted for this. I have no love for Islam, but I also have no love for burning books because it has traditionally been a precursor and excuse for violence. I also just think even symbolically destroying knowledge- and even a book like the Quran gives us knowledge of things like the culture of the area and time it was written- is a bad thing.
So no, I donât like Islam. I wish there was no Islam or any other religion. But I also donât like people burning books (not that I would stop them).
Itâs certainly an indicator for the type of community this is. My dad went from full anti-thiest to carrying the churchesâ water by going full anti-woke.
âBigotryâ is the common through line. Whether the hatred is aimed at Christians, Muslims gay people, trans people, itâs all the same to him.
When your campaign is predicated on hate itâs easy to align with others whose campaign is also predicted on hate.
âItâs a racism crisis,â my pimply ass. Donât white and Asian Muslims read the same Koran?
Kinda pointless pretending logic is involved, when dealing with the indoctrinated.
Ermegurd ther bernd meh gursburmps.
