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Originally Posted by dr wadd
Ok, then justify why a piece of cloth deserves respect? Surely it should be the factors that it represents that deserve respect?
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Or is it that the cloth represents those factors which should be respected and therefore in turn it too should be respected?
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Originally Posted by dr wadd
In fact, I guess that if you were to burn a picture of Allah it would be looked upon positively as you are destroying a forbidden image.
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However printing a passage from the koran on something which is designed to be thrown away is offensive (as McDonalds found out when they inlcuded the Saudi Flag on their paper bags during a previous olympics)