The Irish economy is struggling like an evolutionary teacher in the Bible Belt. So our government has decided that what’s needed is a law to punish blasphemy. The country is falling apart, and instead of a government working to get us out of the hole they dug we get this shit instead:
“Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern proposes to insert a new section into the Defamation Bill, stating: “A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €100,000.”
“Blasphemous matter” is defined as matter “that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion; and he or she intends, by the publication of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.”
This is crazy. It’s not the Middle Ages. If I want to call a make-believe deity names, then I will. If I want to insult idiots who believe that world is 6,000 years old and that evolution is a lie, then I will. These people are retards – the god they believe in is a retarded superstition.[1]
Feel free to argue your case in a rational manner, it’s your right to free expression to do so. But it’s also my right to insult the ridiculous.
- If you feel outraged by that remark, then good. That was my intention. [↩]
Tags: blasphemy, Religion, superstition
You know, there was a time in the course of human history when the larger majority of humans obeyed the religious teachings of “mother church” unconditionally and without question, knowing there were terrible consequences for raising any doubts or questions as to matters of faith – this period lasted several centuries, and today we refer to this period as The Dark Ages – voila!
Very good blogging, please keep it up
Fellow secular humanist from the US
Long live Richard Dawkins!
Thanks for your support. Now if only we could get the Irish Government to realise why this law is a bad idea!