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Britain's Labour government has placed before Parliament a bill that will ban speech or writing "likely to stir up ... religious hatred.".(The Week ...)(Brief Article)
Britain's Labour government has placed before Parliament a bill that will ban speech or writing "likely to stir up ... religious hatred." The maximum sentence for those found guilty of this vague, subjectively defined offense will be seven years in prison. The government had admitted that not only major religions will be covered, but also fringe sects, as well as atheists and humanists. So if you think that voodoo ought to be discouraged, you will no longer be permitted to say so in Her Majesty's realm. Since, in the nature of the "offense," arrests and prosecutions will arise from ...
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