Monday, January 10, 2005
JERRY SPRINGER-THE OPERA: via BW, i came across this article arguing for the importance of public taboos. via the same site, here is another article on the same program, which aired on saturday night on BBC2.
i find the reported threats of violence on the part of Christian protesters deplorable. but the discussion of the lack of a level religious playing field in the UK is interesting (see this in connection with the recent Behzti controversy, and the radically different way in which it was handled). the hypocrisy evident in the way the british government treats protests from different religionists is unjust and needs to be pointed out.
i find the reported threats of violence on the part of Christian protesters deplorable. but the discussion of the lack of a level religious playing field in the UK is interesting (see this in connection with the recent Behzti controversy, and the radically different way in which it was handled). the hypocrisy evident in the way the british government treats protests from different religionists is unjust and needs to be pointed out.
