Ireland Bans Blasphemey

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:27 pm

Hey, I just found out how this bullshit got through. Apparently it was tagged onto the back of a proposal to assist police in tackling gang crime and no discussion on the matter actualy took place.

There's simply no fucking way the courts are going to uphold this idiocy. Technicaly, everyone in the country should now fall victim to this law, as not being a believer automaticaly makes you a blasphemer to the vast majority of religions.

Captain Picard's Hair · Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:51 pm

Rochey wrote:Hey, I just found out how this bullshit got through. Apparently it was tagged onto the back of a proposal to assist police in tackling gang crime and no discussion on the matter actualy took place.

There's simply no f***ing way the courts are going to uphold this idiocy. Technicaly, everyone in the country should now fall victim to this law, as not being a believer automaticaly makes you a blasphemer to the vast majority of religions.

BLASPHEMER!!!!

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Couldn't resist.

Tyyr · Post by **Tyyr** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:30 pm

Atheist heathens.

colmquinn · Post by **colmquinn** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:09 pm

I can't help but think of the stoning scene in Monty Python and the Life of Brian

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:18 pm

Great minds think alike

Lazar · Post by **Lazar** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:28 pm

Rochey wrote:Hey, I just found out how this bullshit got through. Apparently it was tagged onto the back of a proposal to assist police in tackling gang crime and no discussion on the matter actualy took place.

There's simply no f***ing way the courts are going to uphold this idiocy. Technicaly, everyone in the country should now fall victim to this law, as not being a believer automaticaly makes you a blasphemer to the vast majority of religions.

Apparently it's been couched as a mere tidying up of constitutional loose ends, because the Irish constitution says "The publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law," but until now there has been no anti-blasphemy law on the books. If it's not overturned in the Irish courts, do you think it could be taken to the European Court of Human Rights?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:33 pm

That wording was originaly there because Eamon De Valera, the first prime minister, pandered to the religious crowd for support while Collins, Griffith and co took a slightly more secular stance.
And we haven't had one until now because we've previously had people with brains running the country who realise such a rule is utter bullshit.

I say we start a petition to get every politician in the country fined under this new act for blasphemy. The charge? Not believing in Allah's existance as the one true god. That's blasphemy you criminals!

Captain Picard's Hair · Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:38 pm

Say Rochey, why don't you tell us what you REALLY think?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:09 pm

Sorry, but doing so would break the forum's censoring system.

Lt. Staplic · Post by **Lt. Staplic** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:28 pm

Rochey wrote:Sorry, but doing so would break the forum's censoring system.

Rochey wrote:I say we start a petition to get every politician in the country fined under this new act for blasphemy. The charge? Not believing in Allah's existance as the one true god. That's blasphemy you criminals!

But Rochey didn't you know...their the ones that make the law...they don't have to follow it.

Foxfyre · Post by **Foxfyre** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:54 pm

Lt. Staplic wrote:
Rochey wrote:Sorry, but doing so would break the forum's censoring system.

Rochey wrote:I say we start a petition to get every politician in the country fined under this new act for blasphemy. The charge? Not believing in Allah's existance as the one true god. That's blasphemy you criminals!
But Rochey didn't you know...their the ones that make the law...they don't have to follow it.

The funny thing is Allah meens God in arabic....thats right folks the worship the same god jews and chistians do they just have a differnt set of beliefs about him.

And back on subject I will add some finally blasphemey, holy shit

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:56 pm

I guess I should delay the product launch of my "Jesus H. Crisps Cereal" in Ireland for the foreseeable future.

Dangit.

Lazar · Post by **Lazar** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:17 am

Arguably you could ban the sacred texts of most major religions under this law.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:20 am

Lazar wrote:Arguably you could ban the sacred texts of most major religions under this law.

They are mostly mutually exclusive, aren't they? Hmm...

Lt. Staplic · Post by **Lt. Staplic** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:04 am

Foxfyre wrote:The funny thing is Allah meens God in arabic....thats right folks the worship the same god jews and chistians do they just have a differnt set of beliefs about him.

Ya, I know...basicly it's comparable to a tree, with three split off branches. Judaism is the trunk, and owns one of the branches. Christianity splits from the trunk because they (we) believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Islam splits later over the teaching of the prophet Mohammad.

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