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Point is. There are plenty of things we can't do.
What purpose does a public book burning serve beyond provoking and insulting?
That's why it's not allowed to burn forgein flags. It's just a means to insult a group of people in public.
Now, I'm not for a ban on book burning, religious or otherwise. If you have the permit go nuts. But the arguments people present are just really really bad.
The point is, you brining up things we can't do outside of the burning symbols discussion is irrelevant. We're not allowed to slap people, therefore we should not be allowed to criticize the government simply does not follow.
We're talking about having the right to burn your OWN possessions. The government should not be in the business of deciding what is offensive or isn't. It's a slippery slope that can't end well.
You can burn your own things in private, just as much as you can be naked in private, jack off to furry porn, do drugs or worship a Hitler statue in private. But you cannot and shouldn't do so in public.
They are not taking away your right to burn your own possession.
They're just telling you, you can't do it in public. You're free to burn whatever book you want in your own backyard. What's so difficult to understand?
And when the religious extremists next come for queer public displays of affection? Are people supposed to only do that in private, too?
It's a book. They can get over it. I won't hurt them if they want to burn LoTR, The Selfish Gene or any other book (or flag) privately or publicly.
Ultimately this is capitulation to threats of violence. It's a rather slippery slope.
If this kind of thing becomes the trend, it will only beget more violence not less. And climate activists using this strategy will be the least of our worries.
I think we're done here. You have nothing but strawman arguments and "it's bad cause I say so".
You choose to look past that it's done with permits from the government. With the sole intention of provoking and inciting. And they have to give those permits due to how the law currently is written. It becomes state sponsored incitement and that's what people get upset about. And that's what they want to avoid.
That is 100% unrelated to them. It has nothing to do with religious people. Unless they make it about them. Same thing can not be said for religious scripture.
Like I said you have nothing but strawman and bad faith arguments.