Comments on: The new Blasphemy law http://www.sliabh.net/?p=1607 A Reasonable Man. Commentry on travelling, telecoms & technology and what is happening in the world. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:28:20 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SK http://www.sliabh.net/?p=1607&cpage=1#comment-43293 SK Fri, 01 May 2009 13:12:20 +0000 http://www.sliabh.net/?p=1607#comment-43293 Woops, thank Treasa on the links. All fixed now. Woops, thank Treasa on the links. All fixed now.

]]> By: Treasa http://www.sliabh.net/?p=1607&cpage=1#comment-43292 Treasa Fri, 01 May 2009 12:50:29 +0000 http://www.sliabh.net/?p=1607#comment-43292 I don't understand the priorities of politicians very often but this particularly beggars belief. I don't understand why, after what, 40 years, it's suddenly urgent to do this? I agree we shouldn't have an a la cart approach to the constitution but the constitution is supposed to be in the interests of the people, not a stick to beat us with. Ideally, this needs to be removed from the constitution as in an enlightened (such as we aspire to) society, there is no need for a crime of blasphemy. Tolerance is where it's at. I will not miss voting in a referendum to remove this. All your links seem to point to Dermot Ahern's defence of this by the way. I don’t understand the priorities of politicians very often but this particularly beggars belief. I don’t understand why, after what, 40 years, it’s suddenly urgent to do this? I agree we shouldn’t have an a la cart approach to the constitution but the constitution is supposed to be in the interests of the people, not a stick to beat us with.

Ideally, this needs to be removed from the constitution as in an enlightened (such as we aspire to) society, there is no need for a crime of blasphemy. Tolerance is where it’s at. I will not miss voting in a referendum to remove this.

All your links seem to point to Dermot Ahern’s defence of this by the way.

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