tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post8353633982989887665..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Burning your enemy's holy bookRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-36955005887416863062010-11-19T19:22:54.892+11:002010-11-19T19:22:54.892+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-25717070350112818232010-09-26T15:16:30.915+10:002010-09-26T15:16:30.915+10:00Good points all, Mr. Blackford.Good points all, Mr. Blackford.nunyabizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186183359840194616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-74118687048439305922010-09-25T21:05:56.717+10:002010-09-25T21:05:56.717+10:00Here's what I'd really love to see but ala...Here's what I'd really love to see but alas will not do it myself: video the event and prepare to post it as desired: collect all the books that are held in iconic awe by a broad swathe of humanity: the Bilble, Koran, Bhagvad Gita, Confucious, Aristotle, Plato, Aurelius, Seneca, Augustine, Shakespeare, Milton, Copernicus, Newton, Hume, Kant...Dawkins, Harris et al - you get the point - burn them all under the Banner: They are just books - They are everything and they are nothing -Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451565378939401732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-82512616147722820932010-09-25T11:49:36.289+10:002010-09-25T11:49:36.289+10:00I have said elsewhere that the quickest way to de-...I have said elsewhere that the quickest way to de-fang the disproportionately damaging power of this type of gesture is to demonstrate its inherent insignificance. How? Start a nice bonfire, and surround it with Christians who throw in Bibles, Jews who thrown in Torahs, Hindus who throw in the Vedas, etc. <br /><br />There is nothing like the power of an example. After that, any Muslim who went ballistic over the Koran would lose face, not gain it.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682392462305446306noreply@blogger.com