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Danish law banning public burning of Quran sparks outcry (www.lemonde.fr)
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[–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Burning a book is a form of free speech. It’s often offensive to many people, but it’s still important - if for no other reason than it let’s the people doing the burning show their true colors.

Yes! That's something I have also thought about. When some angry folks burned the rainbow flag this summer, I was unhappy that they did, but glad that they showed their intolerance publicly so that we can learn about who they are.