Topical (Optical) Ointment (For Your Eyes)!
This here is the archive for all of the ‘Off Topic’ articles and some helpful recipies for lemons (including: ”Lemon al fresco”, “Lemonson Jime” and “I am Lemon, Hear Me Roar”).
Coyote Trax
Damn And Blast!(phemy)
January 14th, 2010
The Unsung Wisdom of Ireland’s Blasphemy Law
January the 1st saw the rolling out of Ireland’s new-look Blasphemy law as part of the Defamation Act. In it, blasphemy is defined as:
“matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion”.
“How could this have happened in a civilised society?!” you ask, mouth ajar and hips akimbo. Well, Colin, I’ll tell you. Back when the Act was just a dress rehearsal (Bill) in the Fabulist Theatre (Dáil) and merely a stain on the trousers of the future, the Irish people were more concerned with the collapse of the economy. Bankers were flailing atop high ledges and we were trying to talk them into jumping, so we were pretty distracted as a nation. Only one group really paid attention when the Bill was introduced: Atheist Ireland.
