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Can burn whatever, as long as it isn't inciting violence.
If burning an american flag made americans all over the world go ape**** and riot, then you couldn't burn a flag. If burning a Koran makes muslims all over the world go ape**** and riot, the you couldn't burn the koran, because you would be deliberately inciting violence.
Coulter was not banned from Canada. She had a lecture cancelled by the university could not guarantee security for her because there was a very negative reaction on the part of students to her vitriolic public personna.
It is not a crime to hate in this country. It is a crime to spread hatred and incite violence with that hatred. I can express an extreme hatred for Stephen Harper all I want. It become a crime when I start public forums, recruit people, hold campaigns, make claims of Stephen Harper's imminent death, then it becomes a crime. We have the Nothwithstanding Clause for this reason. Not to simply force people to be nice to each other.
Hm.
I might change my mind on this.
I support people's right to say they hate something/someone...
...but if they're doing something they know is going to cause blood to be spilt, then perhaps that should be stopped.
A lot of the radical Muslims in other countries are insane. If this pastor guy KNOWS blood is going to be spilt by what he's doing, then he needs to take some of the responsibility for it.