Respect for religion makes censorship the norm
When publishers are too intimidated to print even novels that may offend, it shows how far we’ve lost our way on free speech, writes
Jo Glanville
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Three held over publisher attack
Three men suspected of bombing the home of publisher Martin Rynja on Saturday remain in custody in London today.
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Guzzanti escapes prosecution over Pope jokes
Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti will not face charges over alleged insults of Pope Benedict XVI. At a political rally in July, Guzzanti had joked that the Pope would go to Hell when he died, where he would be harassed by ‘poofter devils’.
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Looking for trouble
Seeking offence, as Christians have done in the case of Terence Koh’s Jesus statue, is the tactic of the vindictive and the bullying, writes Padraig Reidy
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