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"bringing in a new criminal offence of blasphemous libel."

How real a possibility is this?  I have a good friend working on trying to do something about the insane "defamation of religion" resolution that keeps getting passed in the UN.  I wonder what kind of traction one would get if one were to draw the obvious parallel.  

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Thu May 21st, 2009 at 11:38:58 AM EST
See my diary on The politics of distraction on this.  I think this is Fianna Fail trying to shore up its conservative base prior to the elections.  However they may have badly misread the mood of the electorate.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Thu May 21st, 2009 at 12:05:02 PM EST
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