John Dibble
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« on: May 02, 2012, 08:19:09 AM » |
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Personally I find burning a Koran more offensive than burning a US flag for two reasons:
1. The Koran is a book. A book is a container of ideas and knowledge. Even if the contents of a particular book are wrong, factually or morally, I believe there is an intrinsic good to having a free marketplace of ideas where they can compete on their merits. As such book burning just feels kind of wrong.
2. The US flag is supposed to be a symbol of freedom. Freedom to the extent that you have the freedom to burn that symbol. Some flag burners happen to actually love the country, so the action also tends to have a much difference context than Koran burning.
Neither should be illegal provided you own the actual object, of course.
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