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 Poll

  • Question: Should the quran be burnt?
  • Yes
  • No

 Topic: Burn or not Burn the Quran?

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  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #30 - April 05, 2011, 04:00 AM

    That would be much better served with words than matches.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #31 - April 05, 2011, 04:03 AM

    Actions are more effective than words.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #32 - April 05, 2011, 04:03 AM

    The pen is mightier than the sword.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #33 - April 05, 2011, 04:04 AM

    A friend in need is a friend indeed.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #34 - April 05, 2011, 04:04 AM

    A penny saved is a penny earned.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #35 - April 05, 2011, 04:04 AM

    Sorry I thought we were sharing thought-ending cliches.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #36 - April 05, 2011, 04:06 AM

    You should have a Dont Care option


    but I voted No....because its just stupid Afro

    井の中の蛙大海を知らず。
    (I no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu)
    A frog in a well does not know the great sea.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #37 - April 05, 2011, 04:47 AM

    It's very late and I'm very tired, but I seem to semi be in agreement with L2PK. Not that the tactic of burning the Qur'an should be adopted. It certainly doesn't strike me as an effective approach to combating irrational belief. Not to mention that it is rather petty, tactically ill-thought out and a probable cause of much collateral damage, including unnecessarily causing offence to many with a very personal belief who pose no threat to our safety or liberty and, as recent events have shown, setting in motion a chain of events that can cause suffering (and death) to wholly innocent bystanders.

    All that said, I do consider that L2PK is correct in his assertion that there can be a place for actions of defiance, in addition to intellectual confrontation, in fighting a foe, especially one who wishes to curtail your freedoms. Maryam has repeatedly stated that, to her, coming out as an "ex-Muslim" is particularly important because it is forbidden and thus by her disobedience she is performing the most effective form of protest. Disobedience, defiance and rebellion are all powerful tools of resistance against oppression, without necessarily requiring concurrent intellectual debate. I can even see situations where burning of books would be a reasonable approach (think Libyans burning copies of the Green Book in defiance of Muammar and friends). However, I'm afraid L2PK, that in this particular struggle, book burning ain't gonna get us anywhere good.
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #38 - April 05, 2011, 04:48 AM

    Sorry I thought we were sharing thought-ending cliches.

  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #39 - April 05, 2011, 04:51 AM

    Has the reason "we should not prevent people from acting stupid when they are not hurting anyone just because someone may act stupid in return by hurting someone" been discussed.

    Spinoza funny.

    "That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger" (The Koran 69:40)
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #40 - April 05, 2011, 05:47 AM




  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #41 - April 05, 2011, 01:50 PM

    How is burning the quran any different from everybody draw mohamed day, or are you guys against that too?
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #42 - April 05, 2011, 02:08 PM

    Quote
    Should the quran be burnt?

    stupid question, but was inevitable

    I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
    In somebody else's sky, but why, why, why
    Can't it be, can't it be mine

    https://twitter.com/AlharbiMoe
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #43 - April 05, 2011, 02:17 PM

    Burning a book (or any 'sacred' object for that matter) is not always a bad thing in itself. It all depends on what the purpose and the context of the burning is.

    Is such a burning a simple demonstration of power or is it the exact opposite?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qq4gue6TO0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NymRecFWgAs
  • Re: Burn or not Burn the Quran?
     Reply #44 - April 05, 2011, 02:51 PM

    You don't need a fire to burn the Koran.
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