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In reply to the discussion: Are you for or against FL pastor burning 3000 Qurans [View all]wercal
(1,370 posts)How about Cash for Clunkers?
Those cars that were sent to the crusher were still very useful. And as a part time mechanic, I was sad to see all those useful parts get destroyed, as the cars were destroyed whole, and the junkyards were not allowed to pull the engines and other major components.
Did Cash for Clunkers cause the same type of angst for you?
And as a side note - its not like this lunatic is going door to door, collecting books to burn. He placed a large order with a printing company, and they produced them for him...essentially purpose built to be destroyed by burning...not unlike a rancher raising cattle specifically for slaughter. So I don't think its appropriate to equate his stunt with actual book confiscation. It is definitely not that, and really nothing more than symbolism, just like burning a flag...so I'll press again for an answer - for or against laws against flag burning?
And one more way to ask the question - what if this pastor saved himself some money, by only buying the covers, with a bunch of blank/unprinted pages in the middle. Nobody would ever know, and for all we know, he may be doing exactly that. Would you care or be opposed to that?