I heard it some days ago in the radio, and apparently it is not an April 1st joke with three months of advance: Ireland has approved a law banning blasphemy.
I have no words to express my surprise. In the second decade of this millenium, and in a civilized country such as Ireland, one would expect full freedom of expression, including blasphemy for those who feel in the mood. A law banning it seems out of place like a law enforcing to attend religious events. But obviously I was wrong, and maybe we are not in 2010, or maybe what I considered a civilized world is not so civilized, after all. Now I wonder when the Inquisition will be implemented again.
Richard Dawkins surely has something nice to say about this.
"The Christian conception of sin as the will of the natural man ... is the basis of all internal conflict -- of moral insanity." -- Aleister Crowley
ReplyDeleteAleister Crowley's 25 blasphemous quotations:
http://ac2012.com/2010/01/05/against-all-gods-of-men/
"We realize that Aleister Crowley is dead. And British. And, moreover, not running for office. Nevertheless, we believe that the most effective vote you can cast in 2012 is one for Aleister Crowley."
Vote Aleister Crowley 2012:
http://ac2012.com/about-aleister-crowley-2012/