Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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Ah fuck this is funny - you might have seen a clip floating around of Stephen Fry calling God a shunt. Anyway, some whacko complained and it turns out Ireland has laws against blasphemy!
But the bloke wasn't offended
Stephen Fry investigated by Irish police for alleged blasphemy
Interviewed on TV show screened in Ireland, Fry asked ‘Why should I respect a mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world so full of injustice and pain?’
Police in Ireland are investigating a complaint of blasphemy regarding comments made by Stephen Fry on a television programme shown on Ireland’s state broadcaster, RTÉ.
Gardaí (police) in Dublin have contacted the man who reported the allegation following a broadcast in February 2015, and a full investigation is due to be carried out, the Irish Independent reported.
Under Ireland’s Defamation Act 2009 a person who publishes or utters blasphemous material “shall be guilty of an offence”. A conviction can lead to a fine of up to €25,000.
While being interviewed on The Meaning of Life TV programme, Fry was asked what he would say to God if he had a chance.
“I’d say ‘Bone cancer in children, what’s that about?’ How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault,” Fry replied. “It’s not right. It’s utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?”
Fry said if he met the Greek gods he would accept them quicker because, “they didn’t present themselves as being all seeing, all wise, all beneficent”.
“Because the god who created this universe, if it was created by God, is quite clearly a maniac, an utter maniac, totally selfish. We have to spend our lives on our knees thanking him. What kind of god would do that?”
A clip of the interview on YouTube has been viewed more than seven million times.
A member of the public, who asked not to be identified, said he made the complaint against Fry more than two years ago at Ennis garda station in County Clare.
“I told the garda I wanted to report Fry for uttering blasphemy and RTÉ for publishing/broadcasting it and that I believed these were criminal offences under the Defamation Act 2009.
“The garda then took a formal written statement from me in which I quoted Fry’s comments in detail. This written statement mentioned both Fry and RTÉ specifically.”
He said he was asked by the garda if he had been personally offended by the programme and if he wished to include this in the written statement.
“I told the garda that I did not want to include this as I had not personally been offended by Fry’s comments – I added that I simply believed that the comments made by Fry on RTÉ were criminal blasphemy and that I was doing my civic duty by reporting a crime.”
After hearing nothing for 18 months, the complainant wrote to the head of the Irish police, Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan, “asking if the crime I reported was being followed up. A few weeks later I got a standard ‘we have received your letter’ from her secretary.”
But recently the man was contacted by a detective from Donnybrook garda station in Dublin (the same suburb where RTÉ is headquartered) to say they were looking into the blasphemy claim. “He said he might have to meet me to take a new more detailed statement.”
At the time of the initial broadcast, Fry spoke about the matter on BBC Radio 4’s Today Show. “I was astonished that it caused so viral an explosion on Twitter and elsewhere. I’m most pleased that it’s got people talking,” he said.
“I was merely saying things that many finer heads than mine have said for hundreds of years, as far back as the Greeks ... I never wished to offend anybody who is individually devout or pious, and indeed many Christians have been in touch with me to say that they are very glad that things should be talked about.”
The host of the The Meaning Of Life programme, Gay Byrne, said “Of course [Fry] hadn’t wished to cause offence. But that’s what the internet is for, controversy, debate and people’s opinions.”
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haha, looking at the metservice website and see this...
Update on Tropical Cyclone Donna, Cat 5 Fiji Meteorological Service, the organisation currently officially responsible for Tropical Cyclone Donna
That'll cost 'em!
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@Stockcar86 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
That's quite cute. I don't watch much soccer but somehow ended up with the highlights of a game on TV last night and it re-affirmed what I dislike about the game. The OTT theatrics from the players with tantrums and face pulling is just plain stupid. One team is thrashing they other but if a decision doesn't go their way someone lies on the ground like a toddler or screams and looks skyward. What a bunch of overpaid tossers for your kids to admire eh?
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Imagine being such a terrible driver that the town you live in has a Facebook page dedicated to your uselessness behind the wheel?
'The CR-V Lady' Loses Her Driver's License, Continues To Drive And Get Into Trouble: Report - Jalopnik
In April, we wrote about a Kansan known as “The CR-V Lady,” whose driving is so poor, there’s actually a Facebook page called “CRV Lady Awareness Of Topeka” to warn citizens of her whereabouts. Now “The CRV-Lady” just lost her license, according to KSNT, but that hasn’t kept her off the road, or...
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@jegga said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Imagine being such a terrible driver that the town you live in has a Facebook page dedicated to your uselessness behind the wheel?
'The CR-V Lady' Loses Her Driver's License, Continues To Drive And Get Into Trouble: Report - Jalopnik
In April, we wrote about a Kansan known as “The CR-V Lady,” whose driving is so poor, there’s actually a Facebook page called “CRV Lady Awareness Of Topeka” to warn citizens of her whereabouts. Now “The CRV-Lady” just lost her license, according to KSNT, but that hasn’t kept her off the road, or...
What a fantastic idea!
If I could be arsed I'd start a page for all of the visitors to the Sikh Temple around the corner from us. Not only do the feckers take all the street parking up they can't drive for shit and block the road spending 5 minutes trying to parallel park their little cars into big gaps.
If you can't park don't fucking drive!
Someone else can start the page for 'Grumpy old man that films people's parking attempts'
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Interesting defence. The proof is in the eating I suppose
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11852972
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@Kirwan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Watch until the end. EPIC!
@Kirwan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Watch until the end. EPIC!
That looks incredible. Thank you
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@Kirwan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Watch until the end. EPIC!
That ha re-defined the word Awesome.
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have to question is these are even real...if so, I'd give most a shot!
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now I am a fairweather Team NZ supporter at best, but you gotta admire the design, engineering and tech behind these things!
MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi
