Jaysus Blasphemy

SellingJuan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Ireland

"Section 36 defines a new offence of "Publication or utterance of blasphemous matter", which carries a maximum fine of €25,000."


Whats boards opinion on this.

Max Power

What's your opinion on this?

My name is URL

Stupid toothless law that will most likely never be enforced.

Jesus tapdancing Christ I'm all for it.

SellingJuan

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

What's your opinion on this?

Its crazy

Dave0301

It's a Jesus Christ tax.

Azure_sky

Christ on a bike, that's more money than Judas could carry to the local brothel for an hour long session with Mary Magdeline!

pablomakaveli

Its a disgrace and has no place in the modern world.

Zyzz

Shryke

Moses, Jesus and Mohammed can blow me all at once.

Azure_sky

Ah seriously, I don't see what the big deal is. I mean surely blasphemy is one of those victimless crimes kind of like shoplifting or social welfare fraud, right?

saspeir

As a way of mocking this stupid law how about we all make up a funny story/one liner or whatever involving God, Jesus, Mary, the Pope or whichever religious character you like and we all collectively commit blasphemy?!

Here's my attempt:

I like to refer to the Pope as Pope Benedick.

Mary, mother of Jesus, is a slut and it's a pity they didn't have DNA tests back in those days.

What's good about Good Friday? Fooking nothing! Why couldn't they have a Good Tuesday when nobody goes out? Tards.

My local church no longer does midnight mass cause everybody was going to it pissed. What do they expect? The priest is the only one that can have a tipple on the alter, knocking back the sherry while we all watch?

demanufactured

Well there is no such thing as a god so its all a loads bollox

Furious_George

Shryke wrote: »

Moses, Jesus and Mohammed can blow me all at once.

Checks news for bombing of irish embassys and mass protests in middle east.

Nope! Guess AH doesnt have the huge global following i imagined.

Maximus Alexander

Dónal wrote: »

Jesus tapdancing Christ I'm all for it.

Azure_sky wrote: »

Christ on a bike, that's more money than Judas could carry to the local brothel for an hour long session with Mary Magdeline!

Shryke wrote: »

Moses, Jesus and Mohammed can blow me all at once.

saspeir wrote: »

As a way of mocking this stupid law how about we all make up a funny story/one liner or whatever involving God, Jesus, Mary, the Pope or whichever religious character you like and we all collectively commit blasphemy?!

Here's my attempt:

demanufactured wrote: »

Well there is no such thing as a god so its all a loads bollox

Lads you know they're watching this thread right? Expect a court summons for each of you!

Shryke

Furious_George wrote: »

Checks news for bombing of irish embassys and mass protests in middle east.

Nope! Guess AH doesnt have the huge global following i imagined.

We're making fun of an Irish law, not a middle-eastern one. That's what's so pathetic.

MagicSean

I don't see the point of it. Neither do I see the point in mocking someone's beliefs. So I couldn't care less about the blasphemy law.

TwoShedsJackson

MagicSean wrote: »

I don't see the point of it. Neither do I see the point in mocking someone's beliefs. So I couldn't care less about the blasphemy law.

Nor should someone's beliefs be above mocking just because they are religious in nature.

billybudd

Shryke wrote: »

Moses, Jesus and Mohammed can blow me all at once.

Should it not be Avraham, Jesus & Mohammed?

Stercus Accidit

I recently payed a tenner to join Atheist Ireland, while I don't agree with everything they do completely, I do support the organisation overall and they do manage to get themselves heard. One of their campaigns is to do away with this silly law, so dropping a tenner might be worth it.

billybudd

Silly law, but if it keeps religious hatred on the street at bay then good.

the purple tin

That piece of halibut was good enough for #$*@#!&.

MagicSean

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Nor should someone's beliefs be above mocking just because they are religious in nature.

Why do you feel the need to mock people?

billybudd

MagicSean wrote: »

Why do you feel the need to mock people?

People with two sheds are notorious for mocking, ****ing property developers

wendell borton

Jesus is an easy target for all this blasphemy as he a fairly laid back dude and turns the other cheek and all that. There are other prophets however you don't want to piss off.:rolleyes:

Grayson

MagicSean wrote: »

Why do you feel the need to mock people?

Cos it can be funny. Personally I think it's wrong to say something offensive just to offend people. But I also think it's stupid to take offense at something that wasn't ment to cause offense.

rather than blasphemy there should be a law against being an absolute dick. I'll decide if they're a dick or not and if they are, off to a special prision aka reality TV with them.

ejmaztec

Grayson wrote: »

Cos it can be funny. Personally I think it's wrong to say something offensive just to offend people. But I also think it's stupid to take offense at something that wasn't ment to cause offense.

rather than blasphemy there should be a law against being an absolute dick. I'll decide if they're a dick or not and if they are, off to a special prision aka reality TV with them.

Like cyber-bullying?

goose2005

The constitution forbids blasphemy, so the govt had no choice but to make a law making it illegal.

RossyG

Blasphemy is a victimless crime, as the saying goes.

Such laws have no place in the post Enlightenment world.

gallag

Omg.

Furious_George

Ya cool

EmptyTree

goose2005 wrote: »

The constitution forbids blasphemy, so the govt had no choice but to make a law making it illegal.

Shame they didn't sort out a few other laws first, I'm sure there's a recent example of this....can't think of what it could be tho.....

Azure_sky

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Lads you know they're watching this thread right? Expect a court summons for each of you!

Ah sure they can mail me the summons. My address is 125.125.125.666.

demanufactured

Mines 123 Fake St

TwoShedsJackson

MagicSean wrote: »

Why do you feel the need to mock people?

Why do you feel your beliefs should be above being mocked, or even questioned?

MagicSean

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Why do you feel your beliefs should be above being mocked, or even questioned?

I have no particular set of beliefs to mock. But i take no pleasure in seeing others have their beliefs mocked. People rely on their beliefs for comfort and reassurance. Who are you to try and take that away from them and why do you feel the need to?

SarahBM

they can make a law against blasphemy yet they cant legislate on a court recommendation on the X case.
another waste of time and money.
what a stupid law.
It has no place in the 21st century.

TwoShedsJackson

MagicSean wrote: »

People rely on their beliefs for comfort and reassurance. Who are you to try and take that away from them and why do you feel the need to?

The fact that some people rely on them for comfort or reassurance accords the beliefs no special status whatsoever. I have not tried to take them from anyone.

Having faith does not grant the believer a special status whereby his beliefs cannot be questioned. Nor can they deny others the chance to question them just because they might get offended.

Carter P Fly

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

The fact that some people rely on them for comfort or reassurance accords the beliefs no special status whatsoever. I have not tried to take them from anyone.

Having faith does not grant the believer a special status whereby his beliefs cannot be questioned. Nor can they deny others the chance to question them just because they might get offended.

That's its, exactly, Its the right to free speech. Its the right to question anything and everything. Its the right to say that other people have a right to their beliefs but you reserve the right to not hold their beliefs sacred or to assign any meaning or credence to their beliefs.

Orim

Was this not 2 years ago? FFS I rely on AH to keep me up to date with the modern world.

ejmaztec

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Why do you feel your beliefs should be above being mocked, or even questioned?

Mocking anyone is quite infantile.

fasttalkerchat

Jesus ****! Seriously?

dttq

In some ways this country hasn't progressed since the Middle Ages.

LivelineDipso

Never be enforced.

Scruffles

ejmaztec wrote: »

Mocking anyone is quite infantile.

coudnt agree more,mocking the individual is infantile but is directing it at the beliefs of someone still considered a personal attack on the person?
woud also say it depends on whether its true mocking that was meant or is it refering to questioning someones beliefs instead,questioning our beliefs shoud be encouraged as it helps to learn things may never have thought about,but not if its used in a way to target someone and belittle them.

Galwayguy35

If something goes wrong at work I'm always saying Fcukin Jaysus, don't even realise I'm saying it half the time, I think this is mostly an Irish curse word though.

Grayson

ejmaztec wrote: »

Like cyber-bullying?

I see what you did there. You took the place where i said "can" and replaced it in your head with "is". thereby making my statement saying that trolling can be funny, into a statement that it's always funny with no exceptions.

I doff my hat to you Mr. Troll.

Zebra3

I dare someone to report this thread to the guards and follow up with them, bugging them into taking action. :pac:

ejmaztec

Grayson wrote: »

I see what you did there. You took the place where i said "can" and replaced it in your head with "is". thereby making my statement saying that trolling can be funny, into a statement that it's always funny with no exceptions.

I doff my hat to you Mr. Troll.

Had I done that, "Cos it is be funny" wouldn't make any sense at all.

TheUsual

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

If something goes wrong at work I'm always saying Fcukin Jaysus, don't even realise I'm saying it half the time, I think this is mostly an Irish curse word though.

Well some of the older ladies were commenting on it at mass last Sunday, I hope it doesn't upset you Father.

genericguy

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