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Denmark plans jail term for burning Quran in public (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What about burning "The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" or "Dianetics" books? Or Harry Potter, or LOTR books?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

The law includes all religious texts. If an organization achieves religious status it will have the same protections.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Loads of people burnt Harry Potter books online over the last few years since Rowling went mental over LGBT issues.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Lots of people burned them when they were released because they are morons. Now I bet they defend her because she expresses hate towards the same people they hate.