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Hostage
8th February 2010, 20:32
The answer is Malta.

Check these out (just a few):

Controversial play banned (http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090126/local/controversial-play-banned/)

Nadur Carnival controversy: Nine to be taken to court(because they wore jesus & priest costumes) (http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090305/local/nadur-carnival-controversy-nine-to-be-taken-to-court)

Youth Charged with Offending Catholic Church (http://www.maltastar.com/pages/ms09dart.asp?a=4658)

Ir-Realta' Banned From University (a local indipendent student newspaper) (http://malta.indymedia.org/node/7739)

'Obscene' story editor to face charges (http://www.timesofmalta.com.mt/articles/view/20100108/local/obscene-story-editor-to-face-charges)

Police to vet Nadur carnival song lyrics (http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100207/local/police-to-vet-nadur-carnival-song-lyrics)

Wanted to see if you guys would be in disbelief just as much as I am, my country is going backwards in time, its unbelievable! All of those (and a lot more which i cant find right now) all happened in the year 2009! ALL OF A SUDDEN!

As a counter to those though, a front has been set against censorship! woo!

Facebook link (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=409552055022)

you can read their proposition to remove censorship here (http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=409552055022&topic=13285)

what do you guys think about it?



(did i post it in the right forum? coz i was quite confused where to)

RedAnarchist
8th February 2010, 20:36
Ireland just introduced a blasphemy law and I think the UK has one, but I'm not sure (if it does, it's not enforced).

ContrarianLemming
9th February 2010, 20:45
the UK definitly has some

cmdrdeathguts
11th February 2010, 13:07
I think in the UK they are now laws about 'religious hatred' rather than blasphemy. Well, you can call a horse a fish but it won't grow scales.

Joe_Germinal
11th February 2010, 13:56
It's not terribly uncommon in Europe; Greece, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands also have blasphemy laws on the books.

ls
11th February 2010, 18:15
It's incredibly common in the "EU", why would you think it isn't?