Koran burning??

Okay, so I may have been behind on the news (as I just heard about this madness a few days ago) and I think they suspended the burning of sacred text, which is good. But, it still raises the question: Is it okay to burn religious text because you want to honor people?

A guy burned a copy of the Koran at 'Ground Zero' (I really hate calling it that), claiming that "if it's okay to burn American Flags, it's okay to burn the Koran," Which I think is utter BS. (Source: Man ignites Koran near Ground Zero, apparently prompted by Florida Pastor Terry Jones) Anyway, I guess what I'm getting at is that I believe comparing the US flag to religious text is pretty wrong. I also think that we should respect the fact that we have American citizens who just so happen to be Muslim. I think that if they actually carried out the book burning today, we'd have a whole lot of poop hitting the fan. Tons of it and it would just blow backward. (I was close to packing my things and getting a passport, LOL.)

Anyway, I don't know how great of a debate this will be as it's no longer happening and is now hypothetical in nature but, what do you think? Is it okay to compare religious text to the pride of a nation? Or a flag for that matter? Do you think the country would react differently if there was a Bible burning? What makes any of it okay? Do you think that there will ever be a point where we just accept each other as a nation? Or do we continue to put others at risk (especially the ones from the US who are in countries dominated by Muslims) by casting judgement on every body who isn't "from here"?

If he paid for the copy of the book, then he should be able to burn it. Same goes for a bible, it's all about freedom of choice imo. Not like it brought harm to others, so there's no point in giving this guy the attention he so wants over something that's not that big of a deal.

Does this mean I agree with his reasoning behind the burning? Hell no.

I think burning the book its better than burning a person for what he beliefs.

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For me Ihate burning any thing What ever it was

I just gotta say that
Burning up a holy book is a pretty ugly thing to do .May it be the Quran , Bible ,Geeta or whatever ..
IMHO , don't think his reason is validatory
Just because somone did some bull$HIT by burning the flag of America doesnt mean he does bull$hit by burning a holy book .
Both of the ppl are wrong , the flag burner shouldnt have done it , the book burner shouldn'thave done it

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Originally Posted by Sarentai Kyoukan

I just gotta say that
Burning up a holy book is a pretty ugly thing to do .May it be the Quran , Bible ,Geeta or whatever ..
IMHO , don't think his reason is validatory
Just because somone did some bull$HIT by burning the flag of America doesnt mean he does bull$hit by burning a holy book .
Both of the ppl are wrong , the flag burner shouldnt have done it , the book burner shouldn'thave done it

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I agree. To some people, they'd only see it as burning a book--"no harm, no foul." But, I'm almost 100% certain that the amount of people who'd take offense to the burning of holy text (be it a bible, koran, etc.) and they'd be PISSED. I bet any kind of money that if I had a bible burning right now, I'd have a ton of angry Christians running toward me in an angry mob, with torches and pitchforks. Why wouldn't Muslims (radical or not) react the same way? A flag is different and honestly, I could care less. I'm not saying I wouldn't defend our country, were it under attack. I'm just saying a flag is a tablecloth with pretty stuff on it. Holy text is vastly different and I don't even want to imagine the outbreak of madness it would create as a result of its burning.

this is what freedom stands for, if you look at it. everyone has the right to anything as long it is not against freedom itself. burning a koran is a freedom of choice, and anyone is in titled to do that or not.

it is not even an act of racist because koran is a religion not a race, but a muslim is, and of course not all muslim follows the koran also. islamaphobe is not even racist, by definition that it simply states being afraid of the islam religion and ideas. and by the way, this is also a freedom for being one or not.

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Originally Posted by rematche

this is what freedom stands for, if you look at it. everyone has the right to anything as long it is not against freedom itself. burning a koran is a freedom of choice, and anyone is in titled to do that or not.

it is not even an act of racist because koran is a religion not a race, but a muslim is, and of course not all muslim follows the koran also. islamaphobe is not even racist, by definition that it simply states being afraid of the islam religion and ideas. and by the way, this is also a freedom for being one or not.

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I personally beg to differ. The people who came here from Europe came here because the wanted to escape religious oppression. That's one of the founding principles of this country, supposedly. So, why would anyone here want to do that to another religion? I mean, I know that Christians and Muslims have been butting heads since the crusades but, damn--when does it stop? I thought that "all men were created equal" in this country. I thought that it's Christ like to respect another person regardless of the religion they practice. And that guy was gonna offend a TON of people in one day.