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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
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How about we start rounding up and prosecuting the folks that burn flags, bibles, books, and bras?
Do we *really* want to go there?
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Like I said, the difference is that burning a Koran and broadcasting it on the internet after months of pre-publicity is basically guaranteed to result in riots and deaths. Burning a flag is unfortunately not all that rare an event and I don't know of a single act of violence that has occurred because of it.
All I'm saying is that an argument can definitely be made that this wasn't protected speech. Now, whether it is or not, we'll only know once the courts have had a chance to weigh in.