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Denmark charges man with blasphemy

 
 
 
Loren Pechtel said:
laughing dog said:
No, you were attacking a straw man. Here is the relevant part from post 51 in the hopes that you will address what is actually posted: "My point was that the argument that
"Knowledge is good. So, presumably what ______ (you fill in the blank) looks like when ____ burns is knowledge should not be banned from the public arena." requires more many conditions in order for it to resemble a cogent argument. "
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So you're admitting you used a strawman argument.
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No. The only purveyor of straw men in this specific discussion is you. This discussion has a chance to move forward when there is some evidence in your responses that you even read the posts to which you respond.
 
Keith&Co. said:
dismal said:
[So you defend a western government trashing western liberal values and prosecuting someone for "blasphemy" because they might have it in for the guy for some other reason for which there is currently no evidence?
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No, not defending the government at all.

ALL I've said is that there's insufficient evidence for Derec's 'only possible explanation' conclusion.
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^^^ This.

 In Denmark, Paragraph 140 of the penal code is about blasphemy. Since 1866, this law has only led to convictions twice, in 1938 and in 1946. One further charge was brought to court in 1971, but led to acquittal.

In 1938 four people were sentenced for putting up anti-Semitic posters and leaflets and in 1946 two people were fined after acting out a “baptism” at a ball in Copenhagen. The last prosecution attempt came 46 years ago in 1971, when two Denmark Radio producers were acquitted after airing a song mocking Christianity.

Several other cases have been considered without charges being brought. The most controversial incident came in 2005 when prosecutors declined to invoke the blasphemy legislation after the Jyllands-Posten newspaper published cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed.
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https://www.rt.com/viral/378408-denmark-blasphemy-burning-koran/

So we have one case of conviction for anti-semitic posters.
One case of conviction for anti-christian behavior
One case of acquittal for anti-christian mocking

And one case in 2005 where the prosecutor declined to press charges. That one was for the Mohammad cartoons.

And now this one.

So far, definitely not seeing any pattern of pro-islam bias. Quite the opposite.

It may be a stupid law across the board, but it does not support Derec's claim that "it is pretty clear that the motivation behind using it now is appeasement of the increasingly aggressive Islam in Denmark."
 
Ah, cool. I guess this torpedo's the submissive meme this time...
 
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