http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 25 May 2013 12:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/the-state-should-not-have-the-power-to-punish-people-for-being-offensive/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/the-state-should-not-have-the-power-to-punish-people-for-being-offensive/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:29:29 +0000 James Bloodworth http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26931 Student: "Those blowing themselves up and committing atrocities are using religion as an excuse for what they are doing." Me: "But you can find justification for all sorts of atrocities against non-believers, apostates and others in the Holy texts." Student: "How dare you say that! That is deeply offensive. Lots of us have faith and don’t go around doing the things you say that religious people do."]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/the-state-should-not-have-the-power-to-punish-people-for-being-offensive/feed/ 50