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Blasphemy made illegal in Ireland
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grufty jim
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Re: Blasphemy made illegal in Ireland
Aug 04, 2009, 17:07
bladup wrote:
fucking cathlics!!!!!!!!!

Except, as has already been discussed ad nauseam on this thread, this law has sod all to do with Catholicism. The "fucking cathlics" you mention already had legislation protecting them in Ireland. This law is deliberately crafted to ensure that all religions are on an equal footing under Irish law as per our Constitution.

Catholics won't get any more protection from this law that they already had. This just means that Moslems, Jews, Hindus and Odinists get exactly the same protection.

And given that there are "get out clauses" for any utterance with artistic, scientific or academic merit, it's a pretty low level of protection.

I hate giving the impression that I'm defending this law, or defending the punishment of "blasphemy". But I'm a strong believer in fighting the right battles, and in getting your facts straight before lashing out at any person or group.
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