Monthly Archives: January 2010
Free speech – How far is too far?
Following on from my previous post on the blasphemy law in Ireland, and building upon the recent events in the UK of Anjem Choudary’s now banned group Islam4UK’s threatened march through Wooton Bassett. I start to wonder how important is free speech to us in actuality? Is it only when peoples free speech doesn’t our [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ireland, Morality, Philosophy, Politics, Society
Tagged Anjem Choudary, Athens, Bill of Rights, British law, Christianity, Europe, First Amendment, free speech, Garda Síochána, God, Greeks, importance, Ireland, Irish law, Islam4UK, Israelites, Judeo-Christian, offence, offensive, Paul the Apostle, Public Order Act 1994, Socratic, State, UK, USA, Voltaire, Wooton Bassett
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Why I oppose the Irish Blasphemy law.
It’s the second day of the new year, and the second day of the Irish Blasphemy law coming into affect. The Guardian newspaper reported on the activist group Atheist Ireland publishing 25 blasphemous quotes on the blasphemy.ie website including 2 quotes from Jesus Himself which could be perceived to be blasphemous towards Jews, and stating [...]
Posted in Ireland, Irreligion, Politics, Religion, Society
Tagged Atheist Ireland, blasphemous, blasphemy, blasphemy law, blasphemy.ie, Christian, church, Church - State separation, courtesy, DPP, etiquette, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, Golden Rule, incentivized, individuals, Ireland, Jesus, Jews, Michael Nugent, outrage, religious, secular, The Guardian
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