Not even sure that burning one's own copy of the koran is all that bad. I wouldn't even put it on the same level as calling somebody a bad name or insulting them to their face.
And yeah, same goes for the Bible, any other holy book, any other book, even the Constitution of the United States of America. Your copy, wanna burn it? Knock yourself out. Who cares. It's paper and ink. It's like all these dolts that love to burn the US flag. Who cares, it's just some piece of cloth. The things that make the USA great cannot be burned, things like liberty, limited government, freedom of speech, the legal right to burn the flag, etc. They can of course be given up voluntarily, however - especially if one is so limited of thought as to think the flag is the ideals.
Based on the actions of the nutjob followers of this book (looting, pillaging, maiming, killing), it's hard to refrain from supporting the burning. Burning these books is at least understandable. I mean, look at these guys. Draw some cartoons, time to get your head chopped off? Make a movie, they're gonna kill you? Write some boring book and they're putting a million dollar price on your head? These are not the actions of a civilized religion worthy of respect, even if you think most of them are.
We should have a giant koran bonfire, then piss on the ashes to put `em out.
