The Danish government will seek to "find a legal tool" that would enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Koran in front of other countries' embassies in Denmark, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told the national broadcaster DR on Sunday.
  • @Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de
    18•11 months ago

    Personally I think that if they really believe they have a message to the Muslim priests that they should then go to the Muslim priests in the middle east and burn the books, instead of hiding behind “freedom of speech” in a safe country.

    The message is “this is allowed here, and it will stay that way”. There would be no message doing it in a country without free speech, only violence.

    I’m not saying I like that they did it, but I definitely want to live in a society where it’s allowed to do so. There is no place in a modern society for relics. If people want to worship a book that’s their private decision and should be without consequence for the rest of society.

    • @bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      The message was clearly intended for the countries of the embassies. It didn’t even make the news locally until the outrage against it was in the world news. The issue with book burnings should be addressed in the countries that have issues with book burning, not here. No one here cares.

      If people want to fight a book that’s their private decision and should be without consequence for the rest of the society.

      • @Mrs_deWinter@feddit.de
        7•11 months ago

        If people want to fight a book that’s their private decision and should be without consequence for the rest of the society.

        It is. That’s why it isn’t prosecuted. The government doesn’t care if you eat, burn, or bury a Bible. As it should be.

        • @JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml
          1•11 months ago

          They do care. They’re trying to find a way to stop it. That’s the point of the article. It’s the first sentence:

          The Danish government will seek to “find a legal tool” that would enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Koran in front of other countries’ embassies in Denmark, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told the national broadcaster DR on Sunday.