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Stephen Fry Blasphemy Investigation
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I thought this was a joke article from one of those spoof news sites when I first saw it. There are lots of questions here but I'll go with 'Does anyone think he'll actually be charged with the offence?'
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In the UK it's codswallop....In March 2008, peers voted for the laws to be abandoned. On May 8, 2008, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 abolished the common-law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel in England and Wales, with effect from 8 July 2008.
In Ireland, a bit rich, even though perspectives remain....In the Republic , blasphemy is required to be prohibited by Article 40.6.1.i. of the 1937 Constitution. The common law offence of blasphemous libel, applicable only to Christianity and last prosecuted in 1855, was ruled in 1999 to be incompatible with the Constitution's guarantee of religious equality.
The lacuna was filled in 2009 by a new offence of "publication or utterance of blasphemous matter", against any religion.
The continued existence of a blasphemy offence is indeed controversial, with proponents of freedom of speech and freedom of religion arguing it should be removed.
The government formed in 2016 is committed to holding a referendum on abolishing the constitutional offence, so this fracas all seems somewhat heavy-handed. Odd.
In Ireland, a bit rich, even though perspectives remain....In the Republic , blasphemy is required to be prohibited by Article 40.6.1.i. of the 1937 Constitution. The common law offence of blasphemous libel, applicable only to Christianity and last prosecuted in 1855, was ruled in 1999 to be incompatible with the Constitution's guarantee of religious equality.
The lacuna was filled in 2009 by a new offence of "publication or utterance of blasphemous matter", against any religion.
The continued existence of a blasphemy offence is indeed controversial, with proponents of freedom of speech and freedom of religion arguing it should be removed.
The government formed in 2016 is committed to holding a referendum on abolishing the constitutional offence, so this fracas all seems somewhat heavy-handed. Odd.
I doubt it, Ludwig...I suppose if someone's complained they have to waste time with an investigation..... but it was a wonderful interview with Gay Byrne...calm and rational......
If god does exist then he has a lot to answer for and like Stephen Fry I wouldn't want to have anything to do with such a cruel and selfish being......x
If god does exist then he has a lot to answer for and like Stephen Fry I wouldn't want to have anything to do with such a cruel and selfish being......x
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Whether God exists or not is completely immaterial, this obnoxious self-serving so-called intellectual, goes out of his way, not to offend God, but to offend and insult completely innocent people to whom their belief is important.
The real question is, why would anyone wish to do this?
In answer to the OP, no I don't think he will be charged.
The real question is, why would anyone wish to do this?
In answer to the OP, no I don't think he will be charged.
Nil chance of Fry being charged with anything, unless talking some good commons sense has suddenly become an offence.
I remember this encounter with Gay Byrne very well. Fry's intellect came shining through. If Ireland has a law preventing people from speaking their mind, then the law is an Irish ass.
I remember this encounter with Gay Byrne very well. Fry's intellect came shining through. If Ireland has a law preventing people from speaking their mind, then the law is an Irish ass.
