New crime of blasphemous libel proposed for Defamation Bill - goodbye free speech ?

[Alterego]

Tell me FreeSpeech, how do you feel about flag burning? Many believe it is their free speech right to do so, do you advocate the same?

[oceanclub]

Tell me FreeSpeech, how do you feel about flag burning? Many believe it is their free speech right to do so, do you advocate the same?

Talk about a non-sequitor. Why, are you proposing the burn the Irish flag in protest if this bill doesn't get approved?

I think you'll find the issue of flag-burning, while it preoccupies our American brethren, doesn't cause any excitement here. So you'll need another childish analogy to cause some mock outrage.

P.

[Cato]

Tell me FreeSpeech, how do you feel about flag burning? Many believe it is their free speech right to do so, do you advocate the same?

Seems to be somewhat of a tradition with some of your co-religionists all right. Fire on, if it makes you happy.

[Alterego]

Talk about a non-sequitor. Why, are you proposing the burn the Irish flag in protest if this bill doesn't get approved?

I think you'll find the issue of flag-burning, while it preoccupies our American brethren, doesn't cause any excitement here. So you'll need another childish analogy to cause some mock outrage.

P.

Not at all, I wouldn't seek to deliberately offend anyone, but then I'm not the same as those who relish the right to grossly insult, am I?

[Alterego]

Seems to be somewhat of a tradition with some of your co-religionists all right. Fire on, if it makes you happy.

Hardly a tradition, just one of those bad habits they picked up from disbelievers.

[Demotruk]

Tell me FreeSpeech, how do you feel about flag burning? Many believe it is their free speech right to do so, do you advocate the same?

As someone once said about burning the US flag, "burn the flag, not the idea". In other words the flag stands in part for your right to burn flags.

I've no problem with burning flags.

[oceanclub]

Let's organize a flag-burning party for Alterego when he's in Ireland next. I'll bring marshmallows.

P.

[femmefatale]

I too have no real problem with flag burning (I can see why, from their position of impotence, people in Gaza and Iraq burn Israeli/US flags). However, again, it's a public order matter. You stand in Time Square and attempt to burn the US flag and you will be arrested because it's a breach of the peace/constitutes public disorder.

[Cato]

I too have no real problem with flag burning (I can see why, from their position of impotence, people in Gaza and Iraq burn Israeli/US flags). However, again, it's a public order matter. You stand in Time Square and attempt to burn the US flag and you will be arrested because it's a breach of the peace/constitutes public disorder.

Try burning a flag on the Falls road and see what happens.

[femmefatale]

Try burning a flag on the Falls road and see what happens.

Exactly. We simply have to place limits on freedom of expression.