What next from these Idiots!!

motorguy

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

Pretty strange when your level of social advancement is gauged by your willingness to insult people.

The problem here is not gauging social advancement on a willingness to insult people, it is people trying to enforce their beliefs on others.

If the play should be banned it should be banned because it is offensive to a group of people. That is political reasoning. That is what we pay our politicians for.

To ban it because it is "blasphemous" is taking a religious viewpoint, based on your own religious views. That is the problem with this decision.

qwert_yuiop

motorguy wrote: »

No. Its not.

Belief implies an article of faith.

The belief is that there is no god.

Atheism is a provisional conclusion, based on careful reasoning and on the best available evidence we have.

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Provisional? How?

That's agnosticism.

dmxdave

Back on topic

http://www.change.org/petitions/alderman-william-ball-acknowledge-that-your-personal-and-vociferous-demands-for-censorship-of-the-arts-fall-outside-of-any-public-authority-that-you-have-been-afforded?share_id=TtDwXddOqR&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

qwert_yuiop

motorguy wrote: »

Atheism is not a political stance. Just because somebody has started a "beer" party, doesnt make "beer" a political stance.

Likewise Atheism is not a religion.

It was Beer Drinkers' Party. NZ's voting system favoured the formation of special interest parties. The Beer Drinkers' Party campaigned for a reduction in beer duty. Cheers! Likewise, the Cannabis Party wanted to ..eh.. I think ..um.. something.. I've forgotten. They didn't score too "high" in the polls when I lived there.
So, those were political positions. Slumped over and horizontal respectively, in fact.

Of course you can start an Atheists' Party to promote your interests, since you're so outraged by puritans respecting the feelings of ratepayers who believe in God. For no God and Ulster? I suspect you haven't a prayer.

Here's a money making opportunity I'm happy to give away. Hire a hall, put on this play, and rake in the profits from the teeming masses yearning to break free from religious sensitivities that you seem to believe are just dying to pay for tickets. Probably.

As for our man Jake - did you ever see a more colourless, cheerless, dismal, po-faced, humourless Wahhabi-style response from a "top" comedian? Even laugh a minute, cheeky chappy (not) Salman Rushdie managed to feature a Prime Minister called Mary Torture in the hilarious (not) Satanic Verses.

qwert_yuiop

motorguy wrote: »

The problem here is not gauging social advancement on a willingness to insult people, it is people trying to enforce their beliefs on others.

If the play should be banned it should be banned because it is offensive to a group of people. That is political reasoning. That is what we pay our politicians for.

To ban it because it is "blasphemous" is taking a religious viewpoint, based on your own religious views. That is the problem with this decision.

What if it's offensive because people think it's blasphemous?

warmhands.coldheart

Good old Northern Ireland. People going out of their way to be offended. What next, An Employment tribunal over a sports photo oh yeah it's already happened http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25809132

gawa75

Wise up qwert.

This place is a complete laughing stock because of those idiots who have DICTATED that we can't see this play on council property. It's like those religious muppets in the 70s having a go at Monty Pythons The Life of Brian.

Sure the world's only 6,000 years old too isn't it?

Religion sucks. Religious freaks in political power suck.

Sometimes Northern Ireland sucks.

qwert_yuiop

gawa75 wrote: »

Wise up qwert.

This place is a complete laughing stock because of those idiots who have DICTATED that we can't see this play on council property. It's like those religious muppets in the 70s having a go at Monty Pythons The Life of Brian.

Sure the world's only 6,000 years old too isn't it?

Religion sucks. Religious freaks in political power suck.

Sometimes Northern Ireland sucks.

Well no use whinging about it. Get yourself elected. As a previous poster said, in a democracy we get the politicians we deserve. Who knows maybe we even deserve you.

D.A.

Looks like the Artistic Board has changed its mind and given the play the go-ahead. Unfortunately that's still dependent on the full council agreeing...

warmhands.coldheart

D.A. wrote: »

Looks like the Artistic Board has changed its mind and given the play the go-ahead. Unfortunately that's still dependent on the full council agreeing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25918764

It's going ahead!!
The decision of the DUP (Dictators Unionist Party) has been quashed, for now..
I see they want to review the role of the council artistic board's governance arrangements now however!
So the Dictators still strive to force their beliefs on us!!

I'm sure their fore-fathers will be proud of them having no doubt fought against another certain Dictator who tried to force his beliefs on the world!!