As a bibliophile, I abhor burning of books, even those of no real value, such as the bible, Koran, Mein Kampf….but this instance is the prohibition of burning one specific book. The Taliban burn all books except the Quran…and next it will be a non muslim woman walking past a mosque with a mini-skirt on or a geezer eating a bacon barm 100m from a mosque…
Coskun is now charged with an offence under Section 5 of the Public Order Act which criminalises using words or behaving in a disorderly manner, or displaying material that is likely to harass, intimidate or distress others.
I wonder. Is displaying the Holy Bible/Koran/Torah in a public place illegal? The materials within are designed to intimidate the reader until they change their behaviour and most personal thoughts or face eternal suffering. I find that quite distressing. With the use of public address systems in public streets, who return to the same place week after week, repeating these threats, I would think that would be harrasment.
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I saw the reference to the Coksun case. How soon will slaughtering cattle and eating beef be unacceptable because it offends Hindus?
One of the better ones !
As a bibliophile, I abhor burning of books, even those of no real value, such as the bible, Koran, Mein Kampf….but this instance is the prohibition of burning one specific book. The Taliban burn all books except the Quran…and next it will be a non muslim woman walking past a mosque with a mini-skirt on or a geezer eating a bacon barm 100m from a mosque…
M27, you have passed the Turing test.
No mere machine could imitate M27…even Deep Thought…
Coskun is now charged with an offence under Section 5 of the Public Order Act which criminalises using words or behaving in a disorderly manner, or displaying material that is likely to harass, intimidate or distress others.
I wonder. Is displaying the Holy Bible/Koran/Torah in a public place illegal? The materials within are designed to intimidate the reader until they change their behaviour and most personal thoughts or face eternal suffering. I find that quite distressing. With the use of public address systems in public streets, who return to the same place week after week, repeating these threats, I would think that would be harrasment.