tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post2141611087636461098..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Anti-blasphemy laws and the right to criticize ideasGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-59764362890608608732012-09-25T20:38:42.305-07:002012-09-25T20:38:42.305-07:00Side note:
What's with all of the pyromania?
...Side note:<br /><br />What's with all of the pyromania?<br /><br />Blaspheming generates outrage, which turns to street demonstrations, wherein the following have a high likely-hood of being immolated:<br />Competing religious text, slogan, effigy, picture, flag, vehicle, outdoor vendor stall, building, or human being.<br /><br />I'm trying to envision a reason why Americans would go out their front door, amass in a group, and chant ill-will towards another country for it's perceived misgivings. Do we lack passion in our country? <br /><br />...Or is chanting "Death to (insert country here)" a big-ass waste of an afternoon?Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-53153997971875233102012-09-25T18:05:46.271-07:002012-09-25T18:05:46.271-07:00Just like to point out that although the U.N. is f...Just like to point out that although the U.N. is free to make any ruling it wants, that doesn't mean every individual nation is obliged to comply. Perhaps we can count on our countries to have some common sense. Maybe not. We will see. Quantum of Idiocyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165565394098068373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-52268254717929877432012-09-25T13:04:13.176-07:002012-09-25T13:04:13.176-07:00So would that mean that followers of Islam would a...So would that mean that followers of Islam would actually stop blaspheming Christianity?<br /><br />Rhetorical question.<br /><br />Islam, by it's own admissions, has zero interest in respecting other religion's sovereignty. Squeaky wheel wants some grease but they have absolutely no intention of honoring that two way street.<br /><br />To say that those in the U.N. council are interested in protecting ALL religions from blasphemy, is an absolute knee-slapper.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia uses tax dollars to print Korans. Everything they do has a religious overtone (convenient to have all your decisions be steeped in divinity, no?). So, to speak out against them is to speak out against the will of their creator who drives their decisions. <br /><br />So not only is it a one way street, but it gives more power to the theocracies. All bad.<br /><br />I sincerely hope humanity continues to be progressive. I would prefer to have day dreams of a more advanced and capable humanity, without post-apocalyptic, oppressive, dystopian visions interjecting.<br /><br /><br />Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-85310538695253906472012-09-25T11:18:45.881-07:002012-09-25T11:18:45.881-07:00I would sign up in a minute. Then we could all jus...I would sign up in a minute. Then we could all just lose our fucking minds every time we drove past an offensive church sign.zeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16166329092604459916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-10884527640141689992012-09-25T07:33:31.645-07:002012-09-25T07:33:31.645-07:00If this passes, I would suggest Atheists a Church ...If this passes, I would suggest Atheists a Church of The Rational Reasonableness. Flood the United Nations with complaints against every religious organization claiming that their dogma is blasphemous to our Religion of Reason. For years the religious have claimed that "Atheism is a religion, too." Fine. It's time that we use that spurious claim to our advantage.AssassinGrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190544717140359887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-27679621059475424032012-09-25T06:54:43.410-07:002012-09-25T06:54:43.410-07:00I agree, and perhaps you and your readers would be...I agree, and perhaps you and your readers would be willing to sign <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/united-nations-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-don-t-try-to-curtail-free-speech-worldwide" rel="nofollow">a petition to that effect</a> on change.org.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com