Is it wrong for people to be arrested for the burning of The Diary of Anne Frank?

Question

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/19/europe/EU_GEN_Germany_Far_Right.php


Is it also ok for Canada to burn David Duke’s book?
http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10914

Answer 1

Hmmm. I don't like the concept of burning Anne Frank's Diary, nor do I like the idea of hate literature spreading...but I must support free speech....but I am anti "free listening!"

Every one deserves the right to speak..though only some deserve to be heard.

Answer 2

Yes, burning books falls under freedom of expression.

Love Jack

Answer 3

Yeah, there's a e book called "Diary Of Anne Frank". It grew to become into written by way of Anne Frank interior the conflict time and it includes her ideas. The Diary of a youthful woman is a e book of the writings from the Dutch language diary stored by way of Anne Frank jointly as she grew to become into in hiding for 2 years together with her kinfolk throughout the time of the Nazi profession of the Netherlands. The kinfolk grew to become into apprehended in 1944 and Anne Frank finally died of typhus interior the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The diary grew to become into retrieved by way of Miep Gies, who gave it to Anne's father, Otto Frank, the only known survivor of the kinfolk. The diary has now been printed in greater effective than 60 diverse languages. throughout the time of the Nazi profession of the Netherlands Anne Frank began to maintain a diary on June 14, 1942, 2 days after her thirteenth birthday, and twenty 2 days till now going into hiding together with her mom Edith Frank, father Otto Frank, sister Margret Frank and 3 different persons. the gang went into hiding interior the sealed-off top rooms of the annex of her father's place of work construction in Amsterdam. The sealed-off top-rooms additionally contained a hidden door in the back of which the Franks could conceal throughout the time of the climate whilst Nazi squaddies have been investigating the homes for harbored Jews. Of the gang of 8, basically Otto Frank survived the conflict. Anne died in Bergen-Belsen from a typhus an infection in early March, shortly (approximately 2 weeks) till now liberation by way of British troops in April 1945.

Answer 4

Burning books is wrong regardless. Good books, bad books gross books, no book is evil or nasty or bad, words are words. It's not until a moron opens the book and practices the idiocy that it becomes bad. Books are benign. Books don't shoot people or arrest people or harass people....only people do that, and I promise you, it will happen no matter how many books you burn, or criticize or shred or destroy.

Answer 5

Great question. Is one against burning books or just against burning books they agree with?

Answer 6

I am against burning books, but for burning people.

Answer 7

No, Canada should pulp and recycle David Duke's book.

Sorry, but there has never been such a thing as absolute free speech (even in America) and never will be.

Answer 8

I thought Anne Frank was burned?
Oh... you're talking about her book!
Free speech, let it burn!

Answer 9

We should burn more books. But they should only be ones written by Bill O'Reily.

Answer 10

I do not support book burning of any kind.
Only Nazis burn books.