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Originally Posted by TGS
So, I guess the question comes down to this; when an object has some special meaning for one group people because of their beliefs, and as a result of which that group of people treat the object in a special way, is there any requirement on people who do not share those beliefs to treat the object in the same way?
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No, there isn't.
But the
mentality that the act of book burning connotes to me something at least as vile as the worst that religious fundamentalism can produce. Book burners are the peasants with pitchforks and torches looking to destroy anything that they don't understand. There is
nothing to respect in book burners. (But deleting a Koran isn't even remotely similar-- the original purpose of the thread, IMHO, was another sad trolling attempt by AprilHare like all the "liseuse" threads.)