(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)
Posts Tagged ‘Free Speech’
Today is Blasphemy Day 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011Draw Muhammed Day 2011 is coming up
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011So here is my entry.
UK Libel Law needs to be ammended
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Libel 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 British Chiropractic Association against Simon Singh.
Please visit the Libel Reform Campaign website, sign the petition (it’s not just for UK citizens) and send a message to your MP (if you are a UK citizen).
http://www.libelreform.org/
The Times completely misses the point
Monday, November 23rd, 2009This 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
Defacing the Bible for Art
Friday, July 24th, 2009The 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.
Florida Freethinkers Billboard
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009The Florida Atheist and Secular Humanist Society has put up a billboard on I-95, and the locals are not happy.
Link to WSVN story
UN and anti-blasphemy laws again
Thursday, March 19th, 2009I 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.
