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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] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Everything is important to someone, why do particular groups get privilege just because they're a religion. Should we ban the burning of Star Wars DVDs as that's a huge franchise with lots of hardcore fans who may get upset? Should it be illegal for me to burn a copy of Action Comics #1 because it's important to comic fans?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The uncomfortable truth is that it matters whether the group in question contains enough people willing to kill indiscriminately if you upset them too much.