Comments on: Borders stands up for free speech http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: marc draco http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178587 marc draco Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:29:16 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178587 I'm a bit short of money - perhaps I should write a short book of poetry about Jesus having anal sex with a donkey and other assorted andragogy - course in saying that, we're assuming that Bird Shit is an adult... I’m a bit short of money – perhaps I should write a short book of poetry about Jesus having anal sex with a donkey and other assorted andragogy – course in saying that, we’re assuming that Bird Shit is an adult…

]]> By: Stuart http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178583 Stuart Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:14:21 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178583 Don't these people realise that the more they complain, the more publicity the book gets? No-one would have heard of Patrick Jones and his poems if there hadn't been a fuss. Now his books are flying off the shelves of the biggest bookselelrs in the country. Bet he can't believe his luck :) Don’t these people realise that the more they complain, the more publicity the book gets?

No-one would have heard of Patrick Jones and his poems if there hadn’t been a fuss. Now his books are flying off the shelves of the biggest bookselelrs in the country.

Bet he can’t believe his luck :)

]]> By: jayh http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178582 jayh Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:40:44 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178582 While this is a positive step for free speech, I would be more convinced if Borders had not folded when Free Inquiry reprinted the infamous Muslim cartoons. Apparently they are less afraid of Christian nutters than Muslim ones. While this is a positive step for free speech, I would be more convinced if Borders had not folded when Free Inquiry reprinted the infamous Muslim cartoons. Apparently they are less afraid of Christian nutters than Muslim ones.

]]> By: Stuart W http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178572 Stuart W Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:21:36 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178572 'I implore you to put a stop to this reading on December 11th in the name of decency and humanity'. Oh, PLEASE! Anybody would think lives were at stake. It is a bit of poetry, albeit not to everybody's taste. ‘I implore you to put a stop to this reading on December 11th in the name of decency and humanity’.

Oh, PLEASE! Anybody would think lives were at stake. It is a bit of poetry, albeit not to everybody’s taste.

]]> By: jr http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178563 jr Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:05:02 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178563 Birdshit can still afford a solicitor? Anyway maybe Borders can stock the scientology book as well. Birdshit can still afford a solicitor? Anyway maybe Borders can stock the scientology book as well.

]]> By: BSE http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178561 BSE Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:32:18 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178561 So birdshit is threatening to sue.... maybe he should follow up on the threat so when he loses this one he will be even more bankrupt... So birdshit is threatening to sue…. maybe he should follow up on the threat so when he loses this one he will be even more bankrupt…

]]> By: marc http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/11/19/borders-stands-up-for-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-178559 marc Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:01:54 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-178559 As Carl Sagan pointed out, the cure for a bad argument is a better one. Shouting and screaming in the defence of some dude who (allegedly) died 2000+ years back is a bit petty. And won't someone point out to these fucking bufoons that the UK has not been a Christian country for some years; the Christianity badge is largely symbolic: most people couldn't give a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys about it; I rather suspect it gives them comfort that while we're a Christian nation, Islam isn't likely to take significant hold. I'd rather we were officially secular for precisely the same reason. As Carl Sagan pointed out, the cure for a bad argument is a better one. Shouting and screaming in the defence of some dude who (allegedly) died 2000+ years back is a bit petty.

And won’t someone point out to these fucking bufoons that the UK has not been a Christian country for some years; the Christianity badge is largely symbolic: most people couldn’t give a pair of fetid dingo’s kidneys about it; I rather suspect it gives them comfort that while we’re a Christian nation, Islam isn’t likely to take significant hold.

I’d rather we were officially secular for precisely the same reason.

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