Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire.

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    I mean it’s 2023 and the internet exists, there’s no history lost by burning a single copy of Mein Kampf. So religion is just where you draw the line?

    Some people have just as much fervor for nationalism as religion, is it incitement to burn a US flag in the US? What about burning another country’s flag?

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      1 year ago

      If the Quran or the US flag gets burned to incite hate and violence makes no difference to me, both is the same kind of wrong. I simply don´t think that intentional incitement, especially of groups that are particularly easy to enrage is aiding humanity or is in general a good idea. There is so much violence in the world already, why do you think there should be a right to pour gas into the fire?