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[Oceanside50]

Define an insult

I don't need to... French law clearly does if you read what I quoted.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/s ... nic-verses

it would not allow further blasphemy prosecutions, declaring "how inappropriate our legal mechanisms are for dealing with matters of faith and individual belief … the strength of their own belief is the best armour against mockers and blasphemers".

[Tim Drayton]

Had the French government cracked down on offensive material against Christians or Muslims those 12 people would be alive today.

I hope the remaining EU members learn from this and start applying the law.

You’d think that a professional publisher would know their country’s law on racism and abide by it but alas… their ignorance proved to be their own undoing!

Actually, you can find pretty hateful things written and said about atheists by devotees of the God delusion. I just laugh when I hear these things and feel pity for such people who are mentally stuck in a primitive era. I do not feel any urge as an atheist to kill those who make such remarks. That is because I have the courage of my convictions.
Criticising/mocking religion is not racism.

At a time when the West has spread death & destruction to about a dozen Arab/Muslim countries causing countless deaths, maimed, refugees, and orphans, one must be very cruel and utterly stupid to further exacerbate the situation with offensive publishing so let us not confuse Free Speech with Hate Speech!

As for your theist/atheist rants… don’t worry too much Tim because an atheist is just an evolving theist… you’ll get there eventually.

What are you saying? When indoctrinees of religion say hateful things about (not just make fun of) atheists, this is "free speech", but when atheists make fun of (not say hateful things about) the antiquated set of myths and superstitions called religion (because they believe that all of humanity will be better off once this remnant of humanity's primitive era is dead and buried), this is "hate speech"?

[Get Real!]

What are you saying? When indoctrinees of religion say hateful things about (not just make fun of) atheists, this is "free speech", but when atheists make fun of (not say hateful things about) the antiquated set of myths and superstitions called religion (because they believe that all of humanity will be better off once this remnant of humanity's primitive era is dead and buried), this is "hate speech"?

You’re starting to sound like Repulse… and I’m losing the signal!

Are you still on the French incident or some gripe about theists attacking your atheism?

[Tim Drayton]

What are you saying? When indoctrinees of religion say hateful things about (not just make fun of) atheists, this is "free speech", but when atheists make fun of (not say hateful things about) the antiquated set of myths and superstitions called religion (because they believe that all of humanity will be better off once this remnant of humanity's primitive era is dead and buried), this is "hate speech"?

You’re starting to sound like Repulse… and I’m losing the signal!

Are you still on the French incident or some gripe about theists attacking your atheism?

People who are indoctrinated in religion can proselytise to their hearts' content and those who can see that religion is false must keep quiet? Is that it?

This question applies equally to the right of cartoonists working for one magazine in France to ridicule religion, as to the right of atheists to express their views in general.

[Oceanside50]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -star.html

And why are they hindering this lovely lady from being the best in the world with her artistic routine?

[repulsewarrior]

...just for the record, this should not go unnoticed, Suicide attack at Lebanese cafe kills at least seven, http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/01/11/suici ... ast-seven/, a senseless attack "for revenge".

...let us not forget the two ten year old girls used as suicide bombers the other day by Boko Haram.

Needless to say, "they'' want to be the center of attention.

[Lordo]

interesting you should remind us of lebonan. perhaps somebody can remember this incident by our freedom and peace loving american friends where they killed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Beirut_car_bombing