by galogon on 4/27/22, 7:17 PM with 13 comments
by eesmith on 4/27/22, 8:52 PM
If I were a far-right provocateur, I would claim to burn a Koran but have it be an empty book. Or simply burn a book without saying what the book contains.
Or, if the ban is on burning a religious text, I would use a paper shredder, or chain saw, or drive nails through it.
> “History has taught Jews what can come next when you start burning books,”
I'm from the US, where book burning is surprisingly common.
"Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, church youth groups coordinated book burnings and music bonfires to purge their world of evil art." points out https://religionnews.com/2020/06/17/evangelicals-perfected-c... .
A college roommate of mine was one - he burned his SF/fantasy books after a visiting preacher to his religious group encouraged them to get rid of an earthly thing they loved, to spend more time with God.
Here's a pastor recently "encouraging parishioners to toss books like "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" into a fire to denounce what he described as "demonic" materials. " - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pastor-holds-bonfire-bu...
There's been several Harry Potter burnings, like "In 2001, people held a bonfire in New Mexico to burn the [Harry Potter] books because they believed the novels perpetuated the idea of satanism." - https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/1/14474054/harry-potter-books...
In Poland too! https://people.com/books/harry-potter-books-burned-by-polish...
It seems that what can come next when you start burning books is have some Hollywood movies made about the books.
BTW, if people really believe the Harry Potter books are Satanic, then doesn't that make them religious texts?
by cato_the_elder on 4/27/22, 7:45 PM