[Nate505]

What about the freedom to burn books? The government isn't censoring Harry Potter. If someone wants to exercise their freedom to burn a book, why isn't that free speech? The ACLU and most liberaltarians favor flag burning, but are whining about this pastor's freedom to make a statement about Harry Potter.

I consider both flag burning and book burning to be idiotic, but consider it a right as a citizen to do so (provided they own the flag/book)....there is a difference between calling the pastor a misguided idiot and saying he doesn't have the right to be a misguided idiot..

[FreeReign]

I consider both flag burning and book burning to be idiotic.

If the country that flag represents is bad or if a book is very bad, I think that burning that flag or burning that book would be a valid form of protest. The opposite opinion I feel is just conventional wisdom and politically correct procedure.