Comments on: Right-wing Finnish councillor, fined for calling Big Mo a kiddy-fiddler, is to appeal

By: Serai

Serai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:53 +0000

“The court stated that logic is no defence when religious questions are involved.”

There you have it, logic does not apply to religion apparently. I can see this ruling getting overturned on appeal once it reaches a judge with a backbone.

By: gsw

gsw — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:21:21 +0000

@Lucky Jean:
Back then banks actually had cash to steal. But you will have to find something a lot worse than robbing cash before you can compete with fathers signing so-called ‘marriage’ contracts with old men for the right to violate their pre-puberty daughters.

Come on courts – try suing me for that comment!

By: Lucky Jean

Lucky Jean — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:46:18 +0000

So…it’s not ok to criticize a religion even if it advocates doing something illegal or morally reprehensible, huh?
I’m tempted to start a church that worships Bonnie and Clyde, so’s we can all go out and rob banks and it’ll be part of our “faith”…

By: MrGronk

MrGronk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:15 +0000

Come on now, Finland, you’re supposed to be Scandinavia’s tough guys. The Danes are totally showing you up.

By: RoBoCop2010

RoBoCop2010 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:01:06 +0000

The Telegraph article quoted by rog says that (in a survey) poll “…62 per cent of Muslim professors and students believed evolution to be an “unproven theory”, compared with 10 per cent of non-Muslim professors”. Remember this is from the brightest and best that Islam has to offer. I am seriously worried – what are the rest like?

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:08:04 +0000

I was thinking along the same lines, Robert, though it’s been said before. What about the bile and vitriol that the followers of this lunatic spew forth regarding any other belief system than their own – particularly the Jewish faith? Is that perfectly acceptable then? I’m nonplussed!!

By: Robert Stovold

Robert Stovold — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:49:12 +0000

“his views could feed religious intolerance”

So not unlike several Quranic or biblical verses then?

I’ll tolerate the right of religious people to believe in nonsense – but don’t expect me to tolerate the nonsense itself!

By: William Harwood

William Harwood — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:27:12 +0000

“Each one hopes that, if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crododile will eat him last.”
Churchill was referring to countries that pandered to Hitler’s Nazis. But his remark is equally applicable to countries that pander to the paedophile’s rugbutters.
(I thought this analogy was original, but on Googling to make sure I got the quote right, I find that others thought of it first.)

By: pablo

pablo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:31 +0000

*stares blankly* what an utter arse the finnish law has made of reason

By: Mike Williamson

Mike Williamson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:23:06 +0000

It’s disturbing that stating something that’s demonstrably true can be a crime. Especially in a country so usually enlightened as Finland.