tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6886238156350665586..comments2024-03-28T12:21:02.309+00:00Comments on TPQ: Himself AloneAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74782913361638699462015-06-22T22:25:22.273+01:002015-06-22T22:25:22.273+01:00Tonyo
Well said. Unfortunately, many people like ...Tonyo<br /><br />Well said. Unfortunately, many people like to live much of their lives in a dream-like trance ... best not to try to waken them up ... the more brainwashed they are ... expect a more aggressive or more hostile response.Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80281189981840785752015-06-22T19:12:08.732+01:002015-06-22T19:12:08.732+01:00There was a letter in the Sindo from a priest bemo...There was a letter in the Sindo from a priest bemoaning the fact that a journo had doubted the priest's congregation's belief in transubstantiation. The cleric said the journo's comments were “wrong and disrespectful … and wholly offensive to people of faith”. The issue here is that the oul' cleric is taking the same position that led to the Charlie Hebdo killings – which is that Tonyol Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182098815007588271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81636155523102618122015-06-22T19:09:40.000+01:002015-06-22T19:09:40.000+01:00Great piece Anthony. I'm so glad you wrote th...Great piece Anthony. I'm so glad you wrote this.mcclafferty32https://www.blogger.com/profile/03237425224540320106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33116775246625827562015-06-22T13:50:10.293+01:002015-06-22T13:50:10.293+01:00alwayssunny, Paisley incited violence, unless you ...alwayssunny, Paisley incited violence, unless you think there is a peaceful message of men parading in fields holding gun certificates, and that there is ambiguity to his "kill the killers speech". Can you not see the difference between inciting violence and offering an offensive opinion? <br />And yes I would be in favour of Unionists free speech, they do a better job than any DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80293583791843702362015-06-22T13:42:07.917+01:002015-06-22T13:42:07.917+01:00Always Sunny,
it was not aimed at you. Your comme...Always Sunny,<br /><br />it was not aimed at you. Your comments on free speech are mild by comparison to some of the stuff we get seeking people who write for this site to be denied a voice. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63582342495187428842015-06-22T12:50:25.192+01:002015-06-22T12:50:25.192+01:00alwayssunny genuinely believe it equates to suppor...alwayssunny genuinely believe it equates to support of Paisley, or they are just wilfully clouding the debate.<br /><br />Clouding the debate, how? When George Seawright said Catholics should be incinerated did you support his right to free speech? I think it is a fair point I doubt any of you in the 70s or 80s were defending unionists right to free speech. People didn't defend Paisleys rightalwayssunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18032226784867949183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-50478058479542719462015-06-22T11:51:12.866+01:002015-06-22T11:51:12.866+01:00Another well thought through piece from Dr Big Mac...Another well thought through piece from Dr Big Mackers.<br /><br />Challenging as it may be to support protection of the rights of deluded bigoted fundamentalists ... to criticise competing equally deluded dogma ... protected they ought be.<br /><br />Freedom of expression by necessity must include the freedom to express irrational beliefs too.Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71309611674221776582015-06-22T09:48:18.004+01:002015-06-22T09:48:18.004+01:00Robert,
thanks you. As you know, not all our read...Robert,<br /><br />thanks you. As you know, not all our readers think we should allow opinions they don't like. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13019135928472656592015-06-21T22:45:26.206+01:002015-06-21T22:45:26.206+01:00Anthony,
I have always admired your advocacy of o...Anthony,<br /><br />I have always admired your advocacy of others rights to express an oppositional perspective. The element of fair play that underpins it is very appealing and the arguments you construct make for enjoyable reading.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522188005971742857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25650186753505238712015-06-21T12:05:21.246+01:002015-06-21T12:05:21.246+01:00AM, never surprises me how it gets twisted. The on...AM, never surprises me how it gets twisted. The only thing that im unclear about , is whether people like alwayssunny genuinely believe it equates to support of Paisley, or they are just wilfully clouding the debate. What Paisley said (and did) was quantitatively different to this Pastor. If stirring up hate is a crime, then lets modulate the Leftwing "anti-austerity" protests that tookDaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72579371817246283952015-06-21T08:46:45.971+01:002015-06-21T08:46:45.971+01:00A few days after he had to go to the home of two p...A few days after he had to go to the home of two pakistani men and apologize for their home being attacked, he even paid for the broken window. Those men do not even live in Northern Ireland anymore. If lots of protestants worship you then you have to be responsible and not stir up hate. He said something along the lines of there may be "good Muslims" in Britain, "but I don't alwayssunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18032226784867949183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-17757901884236932022015-06-21T05:52:49.704+01:002015-06-21T05:52:49.704+01:00Wolfsbane,
relented and made the change!
Thanks...Wolfsbane, <br /><br />relented and made the change!<br /><br />ThanksAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62901368357135686802015-06-20T22:31:16.880+01:002015-06-20T22:31:16.880+01:00DaithiD,
your point about him not advocating viol...DaithiD,<br /><br />your point about him not advocating violence is important. This is the policing of opinion, nothing else. <br /><br />Michael, I am pleased that you find merit in the argument. But we have seen the way it was going with the decision to investigate Jim Wells for expressing an opinion on gays. I abhor the comments but the threat of police action against Wells for expressing his AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63154368413424601912015-06-20T20:42:18.525+01:002015-06-20T20:42:18.525+01:00Wolfsbane,
thanks for this.
Took my eye of the ...Wolfsbane,<br /><br />thanks for this. <br /><br />Took my eye of the ball, thinking it was John and made a play of the John/Jack alternates. <br /><br />We can only leave it as it is now with your clarification to the good. <br /><br />More substantively, the issue is clearly one of censorship. James McConnell expressed an opinion and the thought police are trying to break him on it. <br /> AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-29925275824218796372015-06-20T20:29:26.208+01:002015-06-20T20:29:26.208+01:00Well said, Anthony. If this purely fascist tactic...Well said, Anthony. If this purely fascist tactic is allowed to stand, any expression of view not in vogue with the elite will be suppressed. Unapproved dissent will be equated to hate speech.<br /><br />I've no time for McConnell, as I view him as an abuser of the gospel, but I'm right behind his or anyone's right to freely express dissent at another's philosophical, political Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964418362730102151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8643816686860366512015-06-20T20:23:19.713+01:002015-06-20T20:23:19.713+01:00Anthony,
This atheist is in complete agreement w...Anthony, <br /><br />This atheist is in complete agreement with your stance on this issue. I was on the fence about McConnell, because I find his views so obnoxious, but You have put this into perspective in such a way that only a fool would dispute your argument. <br />As Daithi says 'the Pastor's comments don't even advocate violence, it is purely his opinion', could that be Mike Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660761750411785160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26953991574457506212015-06-20T18:12:07.215+01:002015-06-20T18:12:07.215+01:00Sadly so true Anthony. If freedom of speech does n...Sadly so true Anthony. If freedom of speech does not protect offensive language, then what does it protect? It seems its protection is akin to the seatbelts the work all time, except in the event of a car crash. The Pastors comments don’t even advocate violence, its purely his opinion. So we have a state that locks up people for opinions, and when those opinions are too deviant (like freedom for DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com