A postgraduate in philosophy, politics, and jurisprudence, now employed at a small book publishing firm. I have interests in ancient history, cross-cultural dialogue, religion, mysticism, and psychoanalysis.
Nothing but respect for my country deciding to impose economic sanctions on itself 🫡
I think we’re all capable of recognising the important differences between burning a flag representing a particular state, or some aspect of its government or policies, and burning a Torah in front of a Synagogue, as happened frequently in Nazi Germany, or in this case burning a Qur’an in front of a Mosque.
It’s a hateful act designed to encourage hatred with the intention of turning that hatred into acts.
The person burning the Torah in front of a Synagogue is not saying “I disagree with the Torah’s rulings on x”, they’re saying "those who follow this religion are disgusting and we should do something about it."
The person who burns a LGBT pride flag is not saying “I think this movement oversteps the legitimate reach of the state”, they’re saying "those who are part of this group are disgusting and we should do something about it."
Same with the Qur’an.
It needlessly inflames tensions, encourages hatred and horrible acts towards Muslims, and both makes Muslims feel unsafe and directly contributes to making them unsafe. It’s not the sort of thing a decent, civilized society should tolerate.
Even when it both makes Jewish people unsafe and encourages an atmosphere of racism, which only ever results in one thing?
I just basically finished Tears of the Kingdom. 150 hours, all shrines, almost all the armour, and pretty much all the side-quests done, plus the main quest. Probably my favourite game ever. Once my internet starts working again, I’m probably going to be playing Okami HD
Does that right extend to burning a copy of the Torah outside of a Synagogue?
They want to burn a Qur’an right outside Stockholm’s main Mosque. How is that not incitement to violence or racial hatred?
If I burned a copy of the Torah outside a Synagogue, would that just be an expression of ‘free speech’? Or would I not be giving a pretty unambiguous signal of both what I think of the people inside and the way that we should treat them?
This absolutely should not have been allowed to go ahead. It is incitement to violence and racial hatred.
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I don’t think he’s completely wrong. A lot of people felt similarly. I know SkillUp felt similarly that if you had a really good PC and could overlook the (unforgiveable, admittedly) bugs, it had a lot going for it.
Yeah I’m waiting on a Switch version too. Looks super cool
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I agree. I don’t want a small number of highly motivated individuals with grudges, vendettas, and ideological priors having that much power. Ban TheDonald type stuff, bots, etc. but otherwise be very careful
I’m on a Nothing Phone 1 which I can’t recommend highly enough especially given the price, though I’ll probably be updating day-one to the Nothing Phone 2 when that’s released early next month. The NP1 is more mid-range though.
Ban, defederate, whatever, I don’t mind the method – I do not want this server to have these “people” on our server and able to interact with/see us.
Thank you! Very happy The Dude liked them that much. I only registered earlier today, but love the software, interface, community and overall feel of this!
Why does Russia think anyone cares what it says at this point? Until the war ends, nobody is required to do anything for Russia.