Tag: intimidation
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Against Intimidation = For Blasphemy
Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, a Catholic, had this testimony to offer in regard to the attempt by Irish conservatives to preserve and extend their country’s prohibition of blasphemy: “There is a growing consensus within the human rights community that we have to move away from anti-blasphemy laws which, as countless examples demonstrate, generally have intimidating effects…
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Why Krishna And Arjuna Drink A Coke Here
The image you see below was created for a local mythological discussion group for the purpose of stimulating a conversation about perceptions of a boundary that separates sacred icons and mundane images. It wasn’t, as many have supposed, an advertisement developed by Coca-Cola. It wasn’t designed as an attack against Hinduism, or any religion. It…