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Originally Posted by tater
Might be funny to burn a bible on YouTube and see how many Christian riots ensue.
If we call it "art" YouTube won't even delete it I bet.
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From a tv documentation from 2007 about christian fundamentalists in Germany. It ran on the biggest tv channel here: the vid description calls the docu controversial - I never heard of it before - and didn't hear of any riots it caused...
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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
Not my point. My point is when you know your action will stir up violence and killings, whether it's sensible or not, you assume some responsibility for the result.
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You are leaving one important aspect out: the free will and self-determination of the people themselves. It's their own decision to go monkey crap or ignore what some religious nuts do several thousand kilometers away...
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Originally Posted by Platapus
Would you feel the same if people burned the American Flag?
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Not a bad point, as the intense feelings that people have for each thing are comparable - note: not comparing for what each of it stands for.
However most Americans have seen dozens of flag burnings in the news, yet I have seen not too many storming the embassies of the countries where the burning happened, or the UNHQ in NY...
A rational man should say: "So what? You can burn a thing, but no ideas."