Facebookers: Have you reported the International Burn a Koran Day fan page yet?

[backscatter712]

Yep, it exists, and the morons on Facebook's staff have yet to remove this page even though it violates their long-standing policies against hate speech.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/International-Burn-A-Koran-Day/134718123226530?ref=ts

Go to it, then scroll down, and on the left side, you should see the link "Report Page". Click on it, then a pop-up should come up, ask for a reason. Select "Racist/Hate Speech" and click Submit.

It's time to bring this piece of moranic bigotry DOWN!!!

[uncommon]

1. Done, k&r

[blondeatlast]

2. Done--I just wish I'd chosen "violence" instead of Hate Speech. nt

[arcane1]

3. I have not

And likely won't. While some of the comments on that page are pretty vile, I see nothing about the page itself that qualifies as racism or hate speech, just one kooky religion calling another kooky religion "evil", which is their right.

I did, however, feel a little better about being an atheist after reading it :)

[mmonk]

4. But when one kooky religion is allowed or encouraged to act against another,

violence against innocent people occurs on many occasion.

[NoNothing]

6. When that happens, I'll condemn it

But I don't believe any book is sacred. If someone wants to burn their own copy, I don't care and neither should anyone else.

[mmonk]

7. It doesn't matter what you believe, but what they believe.

History gives us Europe in the 30's and other examples as a warning. It all starts with eliminationist speech and warrants a careful eye.

[arcane1]

8. They are allowed to call each other's religion "evil" all they want

regardless of whether I agree with them. Burning books is legal too.

Don't get me wrong, I think the page was created by dumb-asses, but it's not hate speech to criticize a religion.

[mmonk]

12. Not if they want to remain on facebook.

[backscatter712]

5. Calling Islam, or Christianity, or Judaism "evil" IS hate speech.

If I'd shown up here and said "Jews are evil! Burn the Torah!", I'd get a pizza in short-order, and rightfully so.

This is hate speech. They're openly stating that Islam is evil and "Islam is of the devil." That's hate speech.

It's against Facebook terms-of-service, so I'm just saying that we should ask Facebook to enforce their own rules.

Facebook TOS here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/terms.php?ref=pf

[Fearless]

14. Umm... Their description...

"On September 11th, 2010, from 6pm - 9pm, we will burn the Koran on the property of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, FL in remembrance of the fallen victims of 9/11 and to stand against the evil of Islam. Islam is of the devil!"

[NeedleCast]

9. I probably wont report it but I love the irony

Of BUYING a Koran so you can burn it...

[City Lights]

10. Farcebook uses the selective enforcement approach when it comes to their rules.

I have seen dozens of rule violations, some of which I have reported, however, it's a rare day when they adhere to their rules.

Farcebook has International Burn A Bible Day pages up too:

http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=quick&q=international%20burn%20a%20bible&ref=ts

And here's a page called International Burn A Racist Day:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Burn-A-Racist-Day/101440819913363?ref=search

[alfredo]

11. Will they burn Thomas Jefferson's Koran?

[mmonk]

16. If they find it.

[alfredo]

17. It was used when swearing in a Muslim representatuve. (Ellison)

[Fearless]

13. Done.

[backscatter712]

15. Self-kick for great justice!!! n/t

[deaniac21]

18. Oh, the HUMANITY!