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There's a big hurdle in communicating something like that to the religious people in the middle east, versus informing a domestic population.
The issue is that both the senders and recipients of the "message" seem to believe that the actions are representative of the nation even when it is clearly not. Especially because both parts have an interest in believing that it is.
It ought to already be illegal for individuals to deliberately interfer in international relations. It's not like they can plausible deny that they're aware of the consequences.
Personally I think that if they really believe they have a message to the Muslim priests that they should then go to the Muslim priests in the middle east and burn the books, instead of hiding behind "freedom of speech" in a safe country. They won't do that because they know of the consequences. They just don't want to deal with the consequences of their own actions, but by doing it this way, everyone else has to deal with their shit.
The message is "this is allowed here, and it will stay that way". There would be no message doing it in a country without free speech, only violence.
I'm not saying I like that they did it, but I definitely want to live in a society where it's allowed to do so. There is no place in a modern society for relics. If people want to worship a book that's their private decision and should be without consequence for the rest of society.
The message was clearly intended for the countries of the embassies. It didn't even make the news locally until the outrage against it was in the world news. The issue with book burnings should be addressed in the countries that have issues with book burning, not here. No one here cares.
If people want to fight a book that's their private decision and should be without consequence for the rest of the society.
It is. That's why it isn't prosecuted. The government doesn't care if you eat, burn, or bury a Bible. As it should be.
They do care. They're trying to find a way to stop it. That's the point of the article. It's the first sentence: