Atheists Ireland plan to commit a blasphemous outrage this Saturday: Morning Ireland

[amblincork]

Has anyone clarified what qualifies as a deity or religion as regards this law?
Is Islam covered? What about non-monotheistic faiths?
What if I tell my Jedi pal that I think Darth Vader is great?

I think you will find ' praising' a diety' does not constitute blasphemy !

[seabhcan]

Just putting the holy books of the various religions side by side would probably outrage millions.

I'm fairly sure they are all side by side in the religion section of Easons.

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[seabhcan]

This is a despicable little thread.
I'm betting the atheists will choose to insult Christianity and not Islam or Judaism. It's by far the safest option and atheists, as we all know, are self-serving cowards.

What anti-atheist blasphomy! I'm calling the gardai.

[Baron von Biffo]

I think you will find it is only politically correct to attack Catholicism, I would be surprised if the atheists attack Islam.

Fatima and Jamilah are looking at photo's of their children.

"This is my Mohamed," says Fatima. "He's a martyr now. And here's little Achmed, He's a martyr as well."

Jamilah sighs, "Ah yes they blow up so quickly nowadays don't they?"

[amblincork]

This is a despicable little thread.
I'm betting the atheists will choose to insult Christianity and not Islam or Judaism. It's by far the safest option and atheists, as we all know, are self-serving cowards.

Alll of these three faiths actually worship the same God !
therefore the same act of blasphemy will do !

[Baron von Biffo]

I'm fairly sure they are all side by side in the religion section of Easons.

Easons is a hotbed of sedition.

[loaded32]

On Morning Ireland this morning a spokesperson for Atheists Ireland stated that they intend to test the recently enacted blasphemy law by the committing of a blasphemous outrage next Saturday in Dublin. They are having their AGM in Wynne's Hotel (IIRC) to agree a plan of campaign and implement it. They are in effect intending to test the constitutionality of the legislation by committing an offence. Considering their is a maximum fine of €25k under the Act then it certainly would be the cheapest form of challenging the law.

The intention I think is to ratchet up the blasphemous outrage until the Gardai arrest and charge them under the Act. Although the spokesperson reckoned that it was unclear under the Act if they could be arrested for an offence under the Act.

So get your 'blasphemous outrage' suggestions in now!!

I will get the ball rolling with a few suggestions:

"The Prophet Mohammed was a padeophile"
"The Prophet Mohammed was a kiddy fiddler"
"The Ayatollah Khomeini loved it doggy style"
"The Ayatollah Khomeini took it up the ass"

Fair dues!! I hope they go on to prove what a ridiculous bit of legislation this is!! And at a time when people have every right to show their anger at the catholic church especially!
The couontry is banjaxed by corruption, political collusion and white collar crime, yet there is no legislation on this -instead this outdated farce to re-enforce the state authorities relationship with the church!!

[Question R24U]

What we need to do is make a massive pile of holy books - bibles, korans, Torahs etc, and set fire to them in O'Connel st. Then have a mass group pissing competition to extinguish the flames.

Invite Al Jazeera to film it.

Then call the Gardai.

Lets turn Dublin into the blasphomy capital of the world.

I think existing laws would cover the above protest: arson, public order, indecent exposure, urinating in public, breach of the peace...this new legislation is meaningless - just like life.

[Tony_1975]

This is a despicable little thread.
I'm betting the atheists will choose to insult Christianity and not Islam or Judaism. It's by far the safest option and atheists, as we all know, are self-serving cowards.

We attack christianity because it is the religion we know best and the one with the most power in this country. If you don't like it you can report us to the cops.

Why would we need bravery to insult islam anyway? Surely your not suggesting that religion makes people violent?