• pizzazz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fuck religion. Time and time again eroding our rights. Shame on the Danish government who is bending down to violence and superstition.

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      I don’t think that applies here. Why would you ever burn a Quran IN PUBLIC? If you are not religious, or subscribe to other religions, why would you even own a quran? Quran burning in public has only one purpose, to provoke hate. Same as burning flags in public. Or hating certain groups of people in public. None of it is allowed or ok to do.

      If you burn that thing at home or throw it in the trash, nobody will care. Otherwise it just falls into the “incite violence” category of things, because that is exactly the thing you are doing.

      If moslems then go into a rage and be violent themselves, that isn’t ok either, that should be clear.

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        1 year ago

        You should be allowed to display your beliefs in public, regardless of how enraged they might make others. You shouldn’t be allowed to make direct threats, but anything else should be fair game.

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          This is provided those beliefs are not offensive. If someone finds those practises offensive then do them out of the view of the public.

          Religious violence should have a law encompassing this. People should never be allowed to use religion as an excuse to use violence: this is why we have a legal system. I do not understand why most countries in Europe are tolerant on this when it comes to the Muslim and Jewish communities.

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            1 year ago

            The government isn’t your friend and should have no business deciding what’s “offensive” or not enough to be banned.

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                1 year ago

                The average man. Discourage offensive behavior with social consequences, not government oppression.

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                  That worked well with Hitler didn’t it?

                  People are idiots who follow a crowd. Give me one justification for the Kardashians. Look at how long it took for gay rights laws. And then look at how long it is taking for those laws to be accepted. We still see homophobic and racial acts today. Relying on the good of people is simply crass.

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          I completely agree with you and @[email protected]. Keep in mind though that in most European countries some harmless displays of belief are already banned, for example burning the national flag.

          Then in Germany and Austria you can be arrested just for looking at a swastika on your phone.

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            Then in Germany and Austria you can be arrested just for looking at a swastika on your phone.

            You absolutely cannot.

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            This is simply false. In Germany, the swastika may be used in the context of education, art and some other places.

            You are simply not allowed to march up and down the street with a swastika flag, which seems very reasonable.

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      Democracy means letting people with other world views exist in peace.

      Please consider how you want to be treated by this world and how you can make your own positive impact on humans around you.

      I am an atheist myself and will vehemently defend secularism but your comment boils down to hate and demanding others have the exact same beliefs as you do.

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        You cannot honestly say you support both secularism and this law at the same time. Either you do, or you dont.

        And this law does exactly what you said: impose a belief upon others

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          No, it stops you from burning a religious symbol in public. Secularity means that state and church are separate, which is a different matter. A lack of secularity would mean you can go on trial for not following the word of some god e.g. for loving someone from the same sex.

          These are terrible and should be fought.

          Bu this particular law is stopping assholes from being assholes.

          Book-burnings also had a severely terrible history in the 3rd reich and are nothing but demonstrations of power, hate and close-mindedness.