Jul 04 2009

Putting blasphemy in its box

Posted by Eoin in Blasphemy, Irish Law, Irish Society, tags: Defamation Bill 2006

As I have said before on this site, the best reason for freedom of expression is commentary like this, from the always-incisive Martyn Turner in the Irish Times on Friday (03 July 2009) (click on the image for the full-size version from the Irish Times website):

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