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<blockquote data-quote="Tom 1" data-source="post: 75237512" data-attributes="member: 404020"><p>Sure, although it's not the proposal of some fringe group, but Scotland's largest political party. That they have taken the time to draft legislation at least suggests support from more than a handful of special interest groups. While it seems unlikely that actors in a play and so on will be successfully prosecuted, if it does enter into national law it could have least have the effect of dampening down interest in anything that might be considered 'suspect', lead to legally-backed protests against people practising 'wrong thinking' and so on. It's not like that isn't something some groups are keen to do. Personally, I find the whole way of thinking odd. The idea for example that anyone should be legally prevented from criticising Christianity, or the bible, or anyone who believes in it is not only absurd but dangerous and stupid in the worst way. There's a reasonable line to be drawn - were there anyone calling for the death of Christians or going into a church and screaming at people then they could be prosecuted under existing laws, but trying to root out anti-Christian sentiment in any context would be an exercise in malicious dumbness, and on the face of it I don't see any difference regarding any other protected or special interest issue, but there is nevertheless a fairly widespread sense that proposals of this sort are inherently good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom 1, post: 75237512, member: 404020"] Sure, although it's not the proposal of some fringe group, but Scotland's largest political party. That they have taken the time to draft legislation at least suggests support from more than a handful of special interest groups. While it seems unlikely that actors in a play and so on will be successfully prosecuted, if it does enter into national law it could have least have the effect of dampening down interest in anything that might be considered 'suspect', lead to legally-backed protests against people practising 'wrong thinking' and so on. It's not like that isn't something some groups are keen to do. Personally, I find the whole way of thinking odd. The idea for example that anyone should be legally prevented from criticising Christianity, or the bible, or anyone who believes in it is not only absurd but dangerous and stupid in the worst way. There's a reasonable line to be drawn - were there anyone calling for the death of Christians or going into a church and screaming at people then they could be prosecuted under existing laws, but trying to root out anti-Christian sentiment in any context would be an exercise in malicious dumbness, and on the face of it I don't see any difference regarding any other protected or special interest issue, but there is nevertheless a fairly widespread sense that proposals of this sort are inherently good. [/QUOTE]
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