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  1. 12th July 2010, 09:00 PM #1
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    Russian artists convicted for "inciting religious hatred"

    Ah, the beauty of free speech....

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10595903.stm

    New Humanist has a couple of the images, which I rather like...

    http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2010/...ource=feedburn
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    Re: Russian artists convicted for "inciting religious hatred"

    Quote Originally Posted by smudge View Post
    Ah, the beauty of free speech....

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10595903.stm

    New Humanist has a couple of the images, which I rather like...

    http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2010/...ource=feedburn
    The pendulum swings. To think that in one person's lifetime Russia has gone from having a divinely appointed monarch, to having religion outlawed, and then back to having blasphemy laws on the statute books.
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    Re: Russian artists convicted for "inciting religious hatred"

    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    The pendulum swings. To think that in one person's lifetime Russia has gone from having a divinely appointed monarch, to having religion outlawed, and then back to having blasphemy laws on the statute books.
    Hardly progress by any standard....
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