[cato_the_elder]

> Literally no one in the article is making that argument.

I meant that as sarcasm (note the headline), but IMO, the article is clearly more sympathetic towards people who "set vehicles ablaze" than the guy who seems to have at worst burnt a book as an effigy.

> They want it to be made illegal so the police can stop people from burning the Koran and other religious texts.

I don't think that's a good idea at all. That's essentially just a form of a blasphemy law.

[eesmith]

I read the headline as following a similar construction as descriptions of how Gavrilo Princip triggered the First World War. Eg, from a DDG search I easily found:

] If you have an image in your head of a notorious assassin or terrorist, Gavrilo Princip is probably the last person on your mind. ... you'd be hard pressed to believe this poseur had any chance of setting the world's economic and political center on fire. - https://mida.org.il/2014/06/28/shots-started-first-world-war...

That doesn't mean Princip literally set the world on fire, nor is it sympathetic towards Princip nor Serbian nationalism.

> That's essentially just a form of a blasphemy law.

I concur. But it's not an effective counter-argument since those who want such a law will make exactly the same argument. "This is just a form of blasphemy law like Finland and Germany already have." (I don't know the specifics of those two countries, only that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law describes them as having blasphemy laws.)

[erddfre3423]

A blasphemy law will do nothing to stop the actual issue in Sweden, which is the failure of its migration policy and integration. Riots like this are just one symptom, massive gang-related gun violence is another. But nobody cares since it's mostly concentrated to poorer suburbs, just like in the US.

Eventually people will care though. As the share of marginalized population keeps growing, the issues will spread to new areas until even the richest are not safe. Maybe Sweden will be like South Africa, with gated communities and private security.

[eesmith]

FWIW, also mentioned in the article, quoting Swedish newspaper columnist Oisin Cantwell:

> “One of the reasons we’re seeing those riots is the government’s failed integration and immigration policies,” he argues. “The murder rate has gone up and the criminal gangs are killing each other. But I’m not sure that copying Denmark’s strict immigration policies is the right answer,” he adds, referring to the country’s relatively hard-line approach to accepting migrants.