(Can’t think of anything more appropriate than my 2009 post on this subject)
As you may, or may not, be aware, today is International Blasphemy Day, and to that end, here is my little bit of Blasphemy… (edit: and dreadful comma abuse, sorry)
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So here is my entry. [...] Libel laws here in the UK are ridiculous. They are vastly skewed in favour of the accuser, with a huge burden on those who are accused. Given that average libel cases run into the millions of £s, it’s an effective way of silencing debate and dissent – just as the recent case brought by the [...] This is just shoddy journalism of the highest order. I had considered The Times to be a reasonably balanced and reliable news source, but if this article is anything to go by that perception is well off the mark. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6925781.ece BHA Please Dont Label Me poster [...]  November 23rd, 2009 |  Tags: Atheist, Evidence, Free Speech, Human Rights, Humanism, Rationalism, Richarsd Dawkins |  Category: Atheism, News, Religion |  4 comments - (Comments are closed) | The Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art is currently hosting an exhibition where visitors are invited to write in a copy of the Bible. The idea seems to have been originally put forward by Metropolitan Community Church with the aim of reclaiming the Bible as a sacred text. Predictably however it hasn’t exactly gone as the organisers had intended. [...] July 24th, 2009 | Tags: Bible, Defaced, Free Speech, Freedom, Gallery, Glasgow, Modern Art | Category: News, Religion | Comments are closed | The Florida Atheist and Secular Humanist Society has put up a billboard on I-95, and the locals are not happy. [...] I posted a short message about the UN trying to outlaw blasphemy a little while back. Well, now Pat Condell has covered this subject in a video. March 19th, 2009 | Tags: Blasphemy, Free Speech, United Nations | Category: Religion | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |
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