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Burnijg books usually is not good. But there are somne books that are bad and evil and have cause dnothing but hate and intolerance and bloodshed throughout their history. Hitler's Mein Kampf, or the Quran are two such books. You should not cry if their poisenous ideas and content get lost: it would be a great acchievement for mankind. There simply never comes any good from these books, and there is no way you can relativise the evil of their content by saying that burning the one book opens door and gate for burning all books, that is nonsense caused by crucifying onself over absolutist demands. You do not portest when Chriszian churches get opressed in islamic countries, and Jewish communtiies are almost driven out, fleeing countries wehre they lived since centuries now.
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There's only one thing I disagree with here, and wish to comment on.
I have no problem with the burning of the the Quran as symbolism, but I wouldn't want it (or even Mein Kampf) completely destroyed. These are excellent examples of the depths which human depravity can reach, and along with historical context, they can definitely be useful in helping us from being "...doomed to repeat..." history.
The rest of your points? Spot on.