Comments on: JS: TO court show is ON!

By: mediawatchwatch.org.uk » No offence taken in Brighton and Chicago

mediawatchwatch.org.uk » No offence taken in Brighton and Chicago — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:09:31 +0000

[...] private prosecution for blasphemy against JS:TO is still pending. Monitor @ 7:09 [...]

By: GagWatch » Nutter attempts to revive Jerry Springer The Opera prosecution

GagWatch » Nutter attempts to revive Jerry Springer The Opera prosecution — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:15:26 +0000

[...] now, as MediaWatchWatch reports, he’s back after a high court judge overturned the original magistrate’s [...]

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:22:25 +0000

For the love of buggery, wasn’t it only last autumn that Green was singing chapter and verse about having freedom of speech even if it offends? Apparently offending Christians is another matter. Glad I updated his Wikipedia entry last year to show any journo who needs a quick reference what a hypocritical cretin he is.

At least for all out lunacy this doesn’t beat his press release a few days back – using the Virginia massacre to get on his smug soapbox about abortions…

By: Unity

Unity — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:43:57 +0000

Actually, its not a trial, its merely a judicial review of the magistrate’s decision – so the most that Green can hope for is for the case to be remitted back to the magistrates court for the question of whether to issue a prosecution to be considered…

Hopefully, should the case come back to the magistrates court, the presiding JP will be better informed as to the precise nature of our archaic blasphemy laws, making it a very short hearing in the following form.

Mr Green, are you a member of the Church of England?

No.

Case dismissed.

By: Monitor

Monitor — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:16:23 +0000

I know what you mean, Steve. I have mixed feelings about this trial. On the one hand, you are right – it is outrageous that such a thing could take place in this day and age. On the other, it is bound to be amusing. I do hope it will be our last chance to see such a pantomime in this country, however. It should be the last blasphemy trial in British history.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:49:06 +0000

I am glad to see in this enlightened time that we do not have laws allowing people to prosecute others who make pointed comments about their made up Gods…

and back in our reality…I worry about the judicial system when judges are so irrational that they allow these out-dated and pathetic laws to still have weight and waste time and money.