Flaw Exposed In Blasphemy Law

[The Riddler]

paragraph in the blasphemy law

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a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in
relation to matters held sacred by any religion

The Word Publish equals distribute

the word publish

Quote:
To prepare and issue (printed material) for public distribution or sale

.publish definition | Dictionary.com

The Word Distribute

Quote:
to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, esp. in a specified region or area

Distribute Definition | Definition of Distribute at Dictionary.com

now back to the paragraph in the blasphemy law

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matters held sacred by any religion

Now whats being published/distributed/ sold on a daily Basis

a lot of people use?

Beef

Where does beef come from cows

Quote:
Why is the Cow Sacred to Hindus?

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in India, the cow is believed to be a symbol of the earth - because it gives so much yet asks nothing in return. They are guileless in their behavior and from them flow sacrifices… and milk and curds and butter. It acts as a surrogate mother by providing milk to human beings for the whole life.

Why is the Cow Sacred to Hindus?

well well since the paragraph in the blasphemy law states

Quote:
matters held sacred by any religion

since the cow which is a matter held sacred by hindus

which are used killed in slaughterhouses for being published/distributed to be sold on the market

and the cow is a matter held sacred by Hindus

If the blasphemy law was to be enforced properly

The authorities will have to shut down all slaughterhouses of cattle and ban all sales of beef because the cow is a matter being sacred by Hindus

[corelli]

They are not publishing the Cows, they are slaughtering them!!

[The Riddler]

They are not publishing the Cows, they are slaughtering them!!

they are slaughtering them for Distribution to be sold on the market

when you go to your local supermarket when you re buying a packet of frozen beef off the shelf

what do they have to put on the packet?

They have to publish the time and date in which the beef is to be used by

[corelli]

they are slaughtering them for Distribution to be sold on the market

when you go to your local supermarket when you re buying a packet of frozen beef off the shelf

what do they have to put on the packet?

They have to publish the time and date in which the beef is to be used by

Your just being a twit now. Normal Statutory construction applies. The ordinary and everyday meaning of the words. Not some convoluted twisted construction you decide upon.

[The Riddler]

Since beef is sold and distributed at supermarkets

the time and date to be used by has to be printed and published

so therefore something which is a matter held sacred by hindus which they grossly offensive is being sold and published

[wysiwyg]

Every time I read a thread about this law.. I just think of this

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdARZ3bs0k&feature=fvst]YouTube - Monty Python - The Life of Brian - Stoning scene[/ame]

[Raketemensch]

The OP is just saying that blasphemy is meaningless, which it is of course. The only way that blasphemy could take on a meaning which could be agreed upon would be if all people of faith in the whole world had the exact same set of beliefs and were thus offended to the same degree by the same material. When that happens then we can talk about whether it should be illegal or not. Until then we have this nonsense law cluttering up the statutes which will never be acted upon. So maybe we should just forget about it?