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Thread #85608 Message #1586660
Posted By: Richard Bridge
19-Oct-05 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: T-Shirt/Censorship/Religious hatred
Subject: BS: T-Shirt/Censorship/Religious hatred
Although this is almost about a band, I think it counts as BS.
In the UK we have a recent Blairite law that prohibits the promotion of religious hatred.
There is a metal band called "Cradle of Filth".
They sell merchandising that some find offensive.
One of their tracks is called "Cherish the Whore" and they have long sold a T-shirt that bears on the front that track name plus a picture of an improbably voluptuous nun masturbating with a crucifix.
Within the last week or so, a young man wearing such a T-shirt with an addditional inscription on the back of "Jesus is a cunt" has been convicted of inciting religious hatred.
Is this a justified restriction of freedom of speech or not?