Even contemplating to adapt legal limitations on what is considered to be free speech in both Denmark and Sweden is contra productive. You can’t let backward thinking extremists dictate the countries laws.
With that said, I don’t support the burnings but will tolerate them.
At some point when this attracts the attention of both extremists and Islamic countries, the government has to make a decision about the practical effects this may have on their citizenry.
I don’t blame them at all for feeling like maybe they should bow out of an ideological battle they really don’t have as much of a stake in, nor do I expect the majority of Danes to fight it for me.
The last time extremists demanded something Denmark refused because they support freedom of speech.
The “offending” part just kept on publishing images of Muhammed, Denmark stood strong and did not allow extremists to dictate policy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy
And were the over two hundred citizens who died for that policy happy to do so? Again, it’s about a tradeoff, and I’m not going to fault them for the one that keeps Danes alive.
I’m not sure there were any Danes among the victims. The violence didn’t happen in Denmark.
