Ireland back to the Middle Ages
Ireland has made a law that forbids blasphemy, that is to violate the dignity of religions. Nobody can be happier than the islamists and the autocratic Arab statesmen, who have struggled for such draconic laws through the UN. Religions have three elements that are essential to discuss criticlly and without restrictions, namely: (i) Outlooks on life, how we shall live our lives and guided by what norms and ethical considerations (ii) Worldviews, what we think about the reality, particularly how earth, universe and humanity came in place and why, (iii) Authorotative guiding and control of other people’s lives. All these things are essential matters for totally free and critical debate. Part of freedom of expression is that things are sometimes said that some people dislike, make them feel violated etc. That is why there are constant attacks agaisnt feedom of expression. But it is the most essential freedom of all. Religious people have in all times said negative and shabby things about heathens, but we the secular humanists do not cry out that we are violated and the the religious zealots should be punished. We just take it. I think the lawmakers in Ireland violate the religious people by presupposing that they are so dull so they are unable to take a joke about their beliefs. It is sad to see an EU-country on the fast track back to the Middel Ages.
