Man arrested for burning the Quran

Nothing wrong with it.

Clear sign at the growing influence that muslims are having in britain.

50 years ago nothing wouldve been done about it.

Sad times.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/09/bnp-candidate-arrested-quran-burning

Thoughts?

Its not funny.

Im very concerned (srs)

Causing offence is something I am very much against with, and with his actions he has obviously done that which is out of order. It would be interesting to see what they charge him/arrest him for and the punishment.

True, but I wonder what the punishment would be. A £50 fine? or something else?

I don't understand why some people make certain choices, but I accept that they have a right to make them.




Remember that you aren't the one who gets to define what "offend" means. So for your sake, you better hope that your idea of "offensive" never disagrees with the regime's idea of "offensive", otherwise you'll find yourself in hot water.

That would mean we would have to ban the practice of Islam, which has little respect for other cultures, religions and traditions.

Yes it does.. It all comes down to freedom of speech. Based on what you are saying people had the right to jail Galileo for saying that the Earth is not flat.. Surely I can always argue that Galileo was offending the religious and cultural beliefs of the people from that particular era. To them it was just like burning the Quran. Now why is the act of punishing Galileo any more ignorant than punishing someone for burning the Quran?
Burning the Quran is stupid. Causing hatred amongst people is an effective approach to humiliate an ethnic or religious minority. But in order to avoid incidents like these from happening you certainly shouldn't take their right to freely express their beliefs. You can educate people instead so that there would be fewer ignorant Quran burning idiots and also fewer reactive defensive victims.

Eugh. And yet we do nothing when groups of radical Muslims burn Poppies, or Uk and US flags?

Alright, there were a few small fines for the Poppy Burners, but nothing like what there should have been.

I think it's utterly disgusting that he may face criminal charges for this. Our judicial system is so duplicite it's a wonder it functions sometimes.

Oh wow, really?!!?

What about all those muslims that burn British flags.. In Britain?!?

That is just as offensive towards us.

This society cares more about being pc than actually punishing crimes.

Disgusting.

in your galileo argument he's simply offering a different viewpoint. just like the bible, torah, guru granth sahib, koran etc etc offer different viewpoints on religion. i doubt anyone would find reading another religions holy book offensive.

tonnes of offensive things have been outlawed. sex in public spaces for one thing. don't think i could argue thats protected by my right to free speech.

We should respect all religious scriptures, because we should respect each others beliefs

Remember, the most enslaven person is one who hopelessly believes he is free. In the name of "freedom" we drink alcohol, get drunk, murder, take drugs, smoke, violate women, and think this is "freedom" no, it is the biggest kind of slavery.

"A statement from the Home Office said: "The government absolutely condemns the burning of the Qur'an. It is fundamentally offensive to the values of our pluralist and tolerant society."

Not that I agree with what he did, but they clearly have no time to tolerate his freedom to burn the Qur'an. Dirty racist hypocrites - I'm sure if an Asian fellow burnt a Bible there would be no such repercussion.