Comment Three questions (Score 1) 1376
Although I probably know the answer to the first one:<BR>
1) Is it strictly blasphemy against Christianity? Or any religion? So would, say, a certain book that refers to a particularly religion's verses as being satanic be outlawed in Ireland?
2) Kind of follows from the first one in a way. Does that mean the Irish judges will now be deciding what is blasphemy or what isn't? If they cast a wide net on affected religions, does that mean that they'll need to be theologians on several major religions for this law not be the so obviously biased for Christians?
3) Scary freedom of speech backpedaling and medieval thinking resurgeance aside (two dumb enough reasons not to do this), is this a monumentally stupid law to pass in a country that not so long ago and for the longest time had half of the country at the other half's throat based on to which Christian sect they belonged? The first Protestant judge that passes this judgement on a Catholic or vice versa will, I expect, be somewhat explosive.
1) Is it strictly blasphemy against Christianity? Or any religion? So would, say, a certain book that refers to a particularly religion's verses as being satanic be outlawed in Ireland?
2) Kind of follows from the first one in a way. Does that mean the Irish judges will now be deciding what is blasphemy or what isn't? If they cast a wide net on affected religions, does that mean that they'll need to be theologians on several major religions for this law not be the so obviously biased for Christians?
3) Scary freedom of speech backpedaling and medieval thinking resurgeance aside (two dumb enough reasons not to do this), is this a monumentally stupid law to pass in a country that not so long ago and for the longest time had half of the country at the other half's throat based on to which Christian sect they belonged? The first Protestant judge that passes this judgement on a Catholic or vice versa will, I expect, be somewhat explosive.