Holy shit, Ireland just made blasphemy illegal!

P

PotatoBoatCaptain

Veteran X
Ireland Makes Blasphemy Illegal | Paliban Daily

Holy shit, that's kinda fucked up:

How does this impact free speech? Just don’t be rude.
Atheists can be prosecuted for saying that God is imaginary. That causes outrage.
Pagans can be prosecuted for saying they left Christianity because God is violent and bloodthirsty, promotes genocide, and permits slavery.
Christians can be prosecuted for saying that Allah is a moon god, or for drawing a picture of Mohammed, or for saying that Islam is a violent religion which breeds terrorists.
Jews can be prosecuted for saying Jesus isn’t the Messiah.

Is it really THAT big a deal?

Ireland’s Blasphemy Bill not only criminalizes free speech, it also gives the police the authority to confiscate anything deemed “blasphemous”. They may enter and search any premises, with force if needed, upon “reasonable suspicion” that such materials are present.
Click to expand...

Text of the legislation itself:

36. Publication or utterance of blasphemous matter.

(1) A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €100,000. [Amended to €25,000]

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person publishes or utters blasphemous matter if (a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.

(3) It shall be a defence to proceedings for an offence under this section for the defendant to prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value in the matter to which the offence relates.

37. Seizure of copies of blasphemous statements.

(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 36, the court may issue a warrant (a) authorising any member of the Garda Siochana to enter (if necessary by the use of reasonable force) at all reasonable times any premises (including a dwelling) at which he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that copies of the statement to which the offence related are to be found, and to search those premises and seize and remove all copies of the statement found therein, (b) directing the seizure and removal by any member of the Garda Siochana of all copies of the statement to which the offence related that are in the possession of any person, © specifying the manner in which copies so seized and removed shall be detained and stored by the Garda Siochana.

(2) A member of the Garda Siochana may (a) enter and search any premises, (b) seize, remove and detain any copy of a statement to which an offence under section 36 relates found therein or in the possession of any person, in accordance with a warrant under subsection (1).

(3) Upon final judgment being given in proceedings for an offence under section 36, anything seized and removed under subsection (2) shall be disposed of in accordance with such directions as the court may give upon an application by a member of the Garda Siochana in that behalf.
Click to expand...
 
and so the flaw of democracy rears its ugly side (again), when the ignorant majority elect their own kind to run the show.
 
HomeSlice said:
Fuck Ireland.

I am going to go burn my passport now.
Click to expand...
did you hear ozzie's comments about not being able to find bartolo colon after they called him up? lol

After manager Ozzie Guillen jokingly offered a $2 million reward leading to the whereabouts of veteran right-hander Bartolo Colon, the White Sox made contact with the beefy pitcher this evening and he is expected to arrive in Charlotte tonight in time to make his scheduled start Thursday for the club's Class AAA affiliate.

Colon hasn't pitched in more than a month because of inflammation in his left knee. He had been working out at the White Sox' facility in Glendale, Ariz., and was expected to arrive in Charlotte by Tuesday. Guillen joked that Colon -- known around the White Sox clubhouse for being a huge Michael Jackson fan -- might have been consumed in watching the memorial service for the pop star and skipped his scheduled flight to North Carolina.

"I think Colon disappeared," Guillen said. "I think immigration is looking for him. I worry about Colon because Colon was a big-time Michael Jackson fan. He might see the TV and cry all day long. He maybe is in L.A. at his funeral, because I can't find him.

"Nobody knows how big of a Michael Jackson fan Colon was. I'm serious. He might be depressed a little bit."
Click to expand...

Guillen plays where in the world is Colon :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: White Sox
 
Apparently this bullshit is written into the Irish Constitution; it's just nobody bothered to codify it until now.

So hopefully this is the first step to getting it properly amended out. :shrug:
 
fn.CH84N.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top