(September 11, 2020 at 1:27 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(September 11, 2020 at 11:36 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It should NOT be illegal to criticize any religion. Anti-blasphemy laws are stupid, childish and undemocratic. This man’s arrest was morally wrong because he broke an unjust law. I’m not defending his arrest. I’m just saying that it wasn’t a scam (that’s a word you might want to look up).
I agree that it should NOT be illegal. It is against the principles of a liberal democracy that believes in personal rights and freedoms.
But, it doesn't conflict with an il-liberal democracy. Democracy can be the will of the mob, and the mob doesn't like their beliefs questioned.
Fair point.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
