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# If that were the case,
then he might want to find a better method of expressing himself.
'I wish to ridicule your beliefs' is a fine sentiment, but 'I wish to ridicule your beliefs in the most outrageous way possible, causing the maximum of offence and using methods normally reserved for intolerant, oppressive regimes' is less laudable.

Perhaps he could arrange a sit down between a rabbi, an imam, himself and a leading atheist to discuss the issues in a full and frank manner? No fire, and likely a more positive outcome, when they realise that they all have more in common than they thought.

That said, if he wants to burn Richard Dawkins, I'll chip in some petrol money.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 11:40, archived)
# Personally I have no problem with either of those statements if those doing the ridiculing have the right motives.
(benito vaselini no not that one, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 11:54, archived)
# I'm all for a bit of ridicule, but when you come to
"See this *book/flag/dvd* that you hold holier than holy? Look, I'm setting fire to it!" then you've probably crossed a line.

Personally, unless their burning a living thing*, or some irreplaceable object, then I don't really give a shit, but empathy is a useful facet of the human condition.

*Dawkins excepted.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 12:04, archived)
# this is true
there are better ways to make a point than by pissing someone off

unless it's Jeremy Kyle
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 12:07, archived)
# I can't empathise with people who are upset about their god being offended because I dont believe in god.
I can recognise that burning their holy book upsets them but I think they should get over it.
(benito vaselini no not that one, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 12:29, archived)