Hello again, was going to post this around a month ago, but things happened.
The Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill last year created a lot of controversy on what could be said and what couldn’t. Anyone who has there finger on the pulse of what insane laws parliament tries pass through should know all about this one. However, I’m not here to rant about what is good and what is bad but to rather show you two things related to this bill or created in direct response to it.
The first is a rather good debate held at the Guardian Hay Festival last year on blasphemy between warmonger Christopher Hitchens and insanely articulate Stephen Fry. (Maybe I’ve let my allegiances show a bit early here, but Mr Hitchens does make a good point, maybe two)
Anyway you can download the whole thing by clicking here. It’s 78mins long, but just to hear the speech/rant at the end from Stephen is worth the whole download.
The second thing you should have looked at when it was on was comedian Stewart Lee’s “Don’t Get Me Started”. A very funny one off about blasphemy that is also very intelligent at the same time, but expect nothing less from the seasoned funnyman. You can only find it on youtube now but take a look anyway by clicking here That is the first part of 6 parts, so make sure you look at all of them.
Enjoy.