tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1550679279476430273..comments2024-03-28T13:35:30.500+00:00Comments on TPQ: Islam and the "Culture of Offence": Missing the Point AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6784329348881204322015-03-04T12:41:34.989+00:002015-03-04T12:41:34.989+00:00Henry Joy, in my experience almost all of the loya...Henry Joy, in my experience almost all of the loyalist murder gangs were very irreligious people. <br /><br />One or two individuals may have had some distorted notion of doing God's will, but they lived immoral lives - showing the unreality of their 'faith'. I dare say that was true for most of the Republican murder gangs too.Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964418362730102151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11110497638798217722015-03-02T22:50:16.080+00:002015-03-02T22:50:16.080+00:00Hey Wolfie
I commend the logic of your faith.
Ye...Hey Wolfie<br /><br />I commend the logic of your faith.<br /><br />Yet as a man of no faith I sometimes in my darker musings about Islamic fundamentalists associate them in my thoughts to turbo-charged versions of Loyalist murder gangs!Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48284416737783296152015-03-02T19:10:10.435+00:002015-03-02T19:10:10.435+00:00Wolfsbane,
you got that in one.Wolfsbane, <br /><br />you got that in one.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3629988166049348282015-03-02T19:10:09.454+00:002015-03-02T19:10:09.454+00:00Wolfsbane,
you got that in one.Wolfsbane, <br /><br />you got that in one.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36436895497138887482015-03-02T17:51:43.771+00:002015-03-02T17:51:43.771+00:00I agree - criminalising 'offence' against ...I agree - criminalising 'offence' against ideologies/religions and their leaders is an attack on liberty. The offender may be guilty of misrepresentation or downright abuse, but if they are not inciting harm to those who hold to the ideology/religion, they must be free to speak.<br /><br />Gulags and execution stakes are the tools of dictatorships - and suppressing free speech is a big Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964418362730102151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36081111021059522502015-03-02T08:42:23.778+00:002015-03-02T08:42:23.778+00:00Colm,
and the point she is missing is? Can't...Colm, <br /><br />and the point she is missing is? Can't leave the matter hanging in mid air. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-70254425056957595812015-03-01T22:35:52.013+00:002015-03-01T22:35:52.013+00:00Even though every example (of abuse) you give is a...Even though every example (of abuse) you give is a legitimate criticism, yet you are the one missing the point.Colm McGinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286347839112120414noreply@blogger.com