Oh, I missed this one.
International Blasphemy Day, 30 September, is intended “to remind the world that religion should never again be beyond open and honest discussion”.
It marks the anniversary of the 2005 publication of the 12 Danish cartoons that depicted Mohammed and led to worldwide riots. Its founders want to “dismantle the wall which exists between religion and criticism”.
Jesus H Christ, that sounds like fun. I bet Mohammed (piss be upon him) is rolling in his grave.
It has, of course, met with criticism – prominent US Catholic Bill Donohue accuses the movement of picking on Christianity: “The stated purpose of Blasphemy Day has nothing to do with any religion but Islam. So who have they chosen to mock? You guessed it – Christians.”
Are we surprised? Who cares what Bill Donohue thinks? Besides, if you follow the links, Islam gets its fair share of swipes.
Jolly good idea all round, I think. There’s nothing like a little blasphemy to cleanse the soul. And all I said was that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah…
29th is a significant day too.
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That was a sneaky bit of self promotion there… 😉
The Danish are sensible people. I know they are because I’ve met them and drunk heavily with them. I trust that Denmark will take it with the calm disdain they reserve for, well, generally anything that isn’t Danish. 😉
Dammit, we should have celebrated yesterday in the blogosphere by all uploading pictures of teddy bears with the word ‘Mohammed’ written on them.
Talk about a missed opportunity.
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“Dammit, we should have celebrated yesterday in the blogosphere by all uploading pictures of teddy bears with the word ‘Mohammed’ written on them.”
We could have asked an imam some questions to mark the day… 😉
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I’m sure my God can take the knocks…
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Blasphemy, blasfer you, blasfer everybody… There’s enough to go round.