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Dark day for Ireland

Starting today, blasphemy is a crime in Ireland. Which is really confusing. After all these scandals concerning the catholic church in Ireland, you’d think the Irish would want to cut themselves some slack. Anyway, Atheist Ireland has began a campaign … Continue reading

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The criminalization of a disease – revisited

I was just thinking about my previous post on this topic, and it occurred to me that one of the consequences of the proposed law is a ban of all people who appear anorexic from all media. After all, when … Continue reading

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The criminalization of a disease

From Times online: Promoting extreme thinness will become a criminal offense punishable by a jail sentence under a government-backed law that was tabled yesterday in France to combat anorexia nervosa. See also: Reuters: France to crack down on “pro-anorexia” Web … Continue reading

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