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Old 28-01-2015, 04:34 AM #1
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Default Would you arrest someone if they openly mocked Religion?
I'm interested because some might see it as a prejudice of a kind, as you would be singling out a culture, do you think it's okay to take the piss out of Religion? Personally I'm all for freedom of speech, as long as they don't get physically attacked for following a Religion, or an individual be harassed for following a Religion, then I don't see the problem personally.

What do you guys think?

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I agree with you on this.Religion has been mocked for years.
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I voted 'No' because half of TIBB would be fecking locked up and it would be a lonely forum.

Seriously Mock - they're's too much 'Nanny State' legislation on trivial matters. It's all getting out of hand.

If in real life someone persisted in taking the piss out of me because I was a Christian, I'd take the piss back - only more expertly so - and make him look like the idiot he is. Unfortunately we can't do that on here though.
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No because for now we still have freedom of expression, whether someone takes exception to your opinion it's never a reason to try and curb anyones thought processes.
It smacks of 1984.
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No............obviously

They can say what they want, it's their right

I don't have to stand there and listen to it.





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No. Belief in gods has no greater status than believing in the loch ness monster or klingons. And the sooner we realise this the better
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No.

Would you arrest someone because they don't believe?

Live and let live.
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People have mocked religion since there has been religion. I don't have a problem with it, humour is healthy. Everyone's faith or lack of faith is their own affair, but joking is allowed - up to the point of ridicule. Then you're on thinner ice.
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so why is it ok to mock religion and not sexuality?
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so why is it ok to mock religion and not sexuality?
It's okay to mock either, so long as it doesn't deteriorate into ridicule. Like I said, it's all about intent.
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has anyone ever heard anyone mock the act of homosexuality on tv this decade? Ive seen Jesus as an alcoholic and dressed in nappies and Joseph as a rapist, but Ive not heard anything like the same level of mockery of muslims jews or gay people. strange that?
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has anyone ever heard anyone mock the act of homosexuality on tv this decade? Ive seen Jesus as an alcoholic and dressed in nappies and Joseph as a rapist, but Ive not heard anything like the same level of mockery of muslims jews or gay people. strange that?
Seriously?... You haven't seen homosexuality mocked on TV this decade..? It's parodied in comedy shows all the time! Have you ever watched South Park or Family Guy? They each mock both religion and homosexuality pretty equally. And everything else, for that matter. The South Park game (2014) had an entire level set up a gay man's arse...
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No. Belief in gods has no greater status than believing in the loch ness monster or klingons. And the sooner we realise this the better
how do you get away with these things LT... I get tarred and feathered for less!
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so why is it ok to mock religion and not sexuality?
Because religion is a choice, sexuality is not.
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Would I arrest them? (assuming this means if I could) No. I would definitely think less of them for doing it though.
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No. Belief in gods has no greater status than believing in the loch ness monster or klingons. And the sooner we realise this the better
Be strange if God showed himself and he was a child from a highly advanced superior race.

And we (the Earth) were his school science project.....


Didn't see that one coming..... Lol





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Be strange if God showed himself and he was a child from a highly advanced superior race.

And we (the Earth) were his school science project.....


Didn't see that one coming..... Lol





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No. Religion and the religious should be aware that some mockery may be thrown their way over the course of their lives. It's their choice to remain in such a belief system, and just as I expect people to make fun of me for being a left wing quasi-hipster, so too should they expect a little fun made of them for what they believe in.

That is to say, joking about a religion is not the same as hatred or disrespect toward a religious group, and I do think that most people have the sense to know what's hateful/offensive when they see it.
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It also goes the other way where no vicar, rabbi or nun should get any special reverential treatment above a street sweeper or newsagent.
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It also goes the other way where no vicar, rabbi or nun should get any special reverential treatment above a street sweeper or newsagent.
Why do you just example Church of England, Judaic, and Roman Catholic religious figures? What's so exclusive about Imans?i Should they receive special reverential treatment then?

Oh.... I forgot.... They already do in the UK. Silly old Kirk.
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Be strange if God showed himself and he was a child from a highly advanced superior race.

And we (the Earth) were his school science project.....


Didn't see that one coming..... Lol





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What if we are just one tiny atom in somebodies chair leg or table?or anything.
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What if we are just one tiny atom in somebodies chair leg or table?or anything.
Amazing thought...........what if also an atom in your fingernail also contained a vast Star system..........

Need to keep off the Grass methinks.......







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What if our entire universe is an atom in a hair on a really sweaty giant's ballsack...
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