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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 09:50 AM Feb 2015

Stephen Fry’s mockery of religion could land him the death penalty in these countries

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/02/05/stephen-frys-mockery-of-religion-could-land-him-the-death-penalty-in-these-countries/

"It's perfectly apparent that he is monstrous," he said. "Utterly monstrous and deserves no respect whatsoever. The moment you banish him, life becomes simpler, purer, cleaner, more worth living in my opinion."

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"Oh dear, I did give poor old God a bit of a kicking here, didn’t I?!" Fry tweeted after the interview clip was published online, where it has been viewed nearly 5 million times.

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Another thing that's worth noting about what Fry said: In some areas of the world, remarks like his -- even coming from "a national treasure" -- would prompt much more than a heated debate.

They could get him arrested, or worse.
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Stephen Fry’s mockery of religion could land him the death penalty in these countries (Original Post) trotsky Feb 2015 OP
Fortunately, the UK is never likely to be a theocracy. mr blur Feb 2015 #1
Oh that's not true, we have it from reliable sources that most UK cities are under sharia law Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #2
We can't even trust them to spell words correctly. trotsky Feb 2015 #3
Fock iff! (nt) mr blur Feb 2015 #8
That's probably how you pronounce it too trotsky Feb 2015 #9
Fry sounds like me sometimes..... Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #4
I agree, that clip is one of the best I've seen. trotsky Feb 2015 #5
A century or two ago Cartoonist Feb 2015 #6
A century or two ago AlbertCat Feb 2015 #7
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
2. Oh that's not true, we have it from reliable sources that most UK cities are under sharia law
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 10:34 AM
Feb 2015

and that non-muslims enter them at their own risk. Stop lying to us.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
3. We can't even trust them to spell words correctly.
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 10:57 AM
Feb 2015

How the hell do you think mr blur is going to accurately report on the state of the theocracy in his midst?!?

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. Fry sounds like me sometimes.....
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 04:11 PM
Feb 2015

I speak my mind without worrying about how it come across, then I have that "oh dear" feeling. But I am lucky enough that I don't have to watch a video of it after the fact.

However, I loved his video. It was perfect.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
5. I agree, that clip is one of the best I've seen.
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 04:46 PM
Feb 2015

There is a cultural element - so many of us Americans have been trained (at least outside of NYC) to refrain from going overboard in expressing our true feelings about something. It's fun watching Brits who clearly have no problem with it going off on someone. Maybe that's why I like Hell's Kitchen so much.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)
6. A century or two ago
Fri Feb 6, 2015, 12:13 AM
Feb 2015

He would have been in trouble in England. Times change. For the better in this case. Some countries lag by centuries.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
7. A century or two ago
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:17 AM
Feb 2015

Actually....all that trouble might have a lot to do with the current resistance to theocracy.

It certainly helps make a bunch of plays and movies and TV series!

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