A reasonable test of a nation's commitment to liberal democracy is the existence or otherwise of a blasphemy law on its statutes.

(Cue SB . . .)
AV | Homepage | 12.06.07 - 10:09 am | #

I just posted on the UK blasphemy law:

Country fights blasphemy law overseas, reaffirms blasphemy law at home

Sorry for the blatant plug.
Australian Atheist | Homepage | 12.06.07 - 10:42 am | #

No worries!
AV | Homepage | 12.06.07 - 10:51 am | #

I must have watched that Ben Folds Clip a quarter of a million times in the last year. Incredible performance and brilliant song!
Reed Braden | Homepage | 12.06.07 - 12:24 pm | #

Hey there, Arthur. I haven't been to your blog for a while but all the catch-up reading I've been doing this afternoon has let me know that it just gets better and better with age.
Simmo | 12.06.07 - 5:07 pm | #

On Foucault: A lot of people read him as a recipe for resignation. If institutions are self-perpetuating and have transmutive meanings, then there is no point trying to come to terms with them via the intellect. One does best just to submit. Anyway, he can have a psychologically dampening effect in terms of that kind of common interpretation. I think this is good reason not to take him as one's Authority.
Jennifer Cascadia | Homepage | 12.06.07 - 5:32 pm | #