Atheist found guilty of ridiculing the ridiculous

[JenniferT]

Miscarriage of justice news:

A MILITANT atheist was found guilty of leaving grossly offensive religious images in a prayer room at Liverpool's John Lennon airport.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpoo ... -25957177/

[mozg]

So now it's a crime to offend people in England?

[leo-rcc]

I think the atheist in question is an idiot, but I don't see how the police could charge him with anything.

[nastler]

littering?

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Fucking Scouseland!


Two question though,

1. What was the actual law he was supposed to have broken.

2. The article said the jury "all swore their oath on the Bible", how therefore can they be said to be a jury of his peers?
Think about it, if this had been some small cult (of the kind that even the big established cults (i.e. the organised religions) would call a 'cult') that he had offended, and all the members of the jury we're members of that cult, wouldn't the jury be dismissed as biased?

[Feck]

Think about it if you were up in front of a magistrate or judge you knew to be a Xian would you choose to take the Oath version that don't mention god ??

[Ironclad]

John Lennon will be turning in his grave.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Think about it if you were up in front of a magistrate or judge you knew to be a Xian would you choose to take the Oath version that don't mention god ??

Huh? This is the jury we're talking about, they've no reason to care less.

Besides, the religious persuasion of the judge wasn't even mentioned in the article as far as I could see.

[Feck]

Think about it if you were up in front of a magistrate or judge you knew to be a Xian would you choose to take the Oath version that don't mention god ??

Huh? This is the jury we're talking about, they've no reason to care less.

Besides, the religious persuasion of the judge wasn't even mentioned in the article as far as I could see.

But juries tend to vote on superficial things ...and sentences given out can vary wildly .. I don't see how potentially causing an offense can be a crime per se .

But there are lots of laws that could be applied

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Think about it if you were up in front of a magistrate or judge you knew to be a Xian would you choose to take the Oath version that don't mention god ??

Huh? This is the jury we're talking about, they've no reason to care less.

Besides, the religious persuasion of the judge wasn't even mentioned in the article as far as I could see.

But juries tend to vote on superficial things ...and sentences given out can vary wildly .. I don't see how potentially causing an offense can be a crime per se .

But there are lots of laws that could be applied

What? Now I'm totally confused what we're talking about.

[Wumbologist]

I love the phrase "militant atheist".

[maiforpeace]

Miscarriage of justice news:

A MILITANT atheist was found guilty of leaving grossly offensive religious images in a prayer room at Liverpool's John Lennon airport.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpoo ... -25957177/

Like pictorial versions of Ezekiel 23-20?

[MissingNo.]

Ugh, this guy is a moron. He doesn't deserve to go to jail but he was being an ass. Who describes himself as a "militant atheist?"

[Luis Dias]

Ugh, this guy is a moron. He doesn't deserve to go to jail but he was being an ass. Who describes himself as a "militant atheist?"

Richard Dawkins?

[AshtonBlack]

If the graphics used were of a sexual nature, instead of just "blasphemous" the rozzers could probably do him for something.
I agree, though, he was an idiot if they were "cartoon porno".