tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087158582620400145.post7266631650826880701..comments2023-09-25T02:43:06.599-07:00Comments on a dizzy life: Dumb and DumbestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087158582620400145.post-50544124207982708442009-07-18T22:10:04.019-07:002009-07-18T22:10:04.019-07:00Blasphemy? Ireland? I suspect this this is simila...Blasphemy? Ireland? I suspect this this is similar to Utah, where 80% of the lawmakers are Mormon, but just a bare majority of the populace are. Translated, there is a bare majority of still-remaining Catholics which vote these (choose unflattering adjective) people into power. <br /><br />Ugh.djinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06112894520660114580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087158582620400145.post-57815099791469793122009-07-14T10:39:48.835-07:002009-07-14T10:39:48.835-07:00I find this truly mind-boggling. My first thought...I find this truly mind-boggling. My first thought was that this was a hoax. Then my question was "What could they possibly have been thinking?"<br /><br />Here is a little insight that helps. From <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/08/ireland_blashpemy/" rel="nofollow"> an article from May </a>:<br /><br /><b><br />The reason behind the proposal would appear to be a small logical difficulty with the Irish Constitution. This contains provisions which state that "the publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent material is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law" – but there is no actual law against blasphemy.<br /></b><br /><br />What is it they say? "That is an explanation, but not an excuse." Or is it the other way? I can never remember, but I am sure they could have dealt with this inconsistency another way.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772490419804399451noreply@blogger.com