Religious people constantly say because I am an atheist, I am morally depraved, that I commit heinous offenses against children for teaching them that religions are all outdated fairy tales, and I will suffer eternally in Hell. Every day, from the pulpit, on TV, on billboards, at my front door. I consider these remarks to be false and defamatory, and they offend me deeply. So under your "guidelines to free speech" should these people be prohibited from making them?

The relationship of fundamentalists to their god is personal. To insult Allah or Mohhamed or Jesus is a sacrilege . God , to the religious is sacred.

What would a muslim feel if you say that Allah is a killer and Muhhamed is a womanizer. Or what would a christian feel if you say Jesus was a zombie, a living dead.

Who cares? In a free society, their recourse is to change the damned channel. No one here has the right to not be offended.

What would you feel if somebody says your mother is a whore or god damn bitch.?

Why does that matter at all? This is merely a blatant appeal to emotion. If the religious are that offended by sacrilege, good. They can apparently use a little desensitization, and there's no time like now to start.

There must be guidelines to freedom of speech.

Gee, I wonder who you have in mind for writing those guidelines?

Mohammed was a womaniser (and a pedophile). If someone wants to be offended by hearing that, fine! But there should be no legal protection from hearing it.

What would a muslim feel if you say that Allah is a killer and Muhhamed is a womanizer. Or what would a christian feel if you say Jesus was a zombie, a living dead.

What would you feel if somebody says your mother is a whore or god damn bitch.?

There must be guidelines to freedom of speech.

You can judge for yourself. Here is at the House of Lords.

Kudos to Johann Hari and to the Indian newspaper, The Statesman, for reprinting his essay.

This type of thing makes me want to take tiny korans, use them for target practice (like that Marine last year), bronze them, and wear them as a charm or use it as a key chain. Maybe I'll make t-shirts with mohammad in a compromising position too.

Hey- a million dollar idea! Shocking enough to get press, which will guarantee success, AND a fatwah.
What more could a woman want??? (I'm going to do it- watch for the website.)

Is it deliberately offensive and provocative- YOU BET. Since it does NOT matter if you are deliberately or accidentally offensive, why bother holding back? This needs to be brought out, and slayed in the public, or this strangulation of freedom will continue to creep into our society.

SJW

You should try my girlfriends treatment for maintaining mental stability in today's world: only get your news from Jon Stewart and The Daily Show.

Throw in some Olbermann The Doberman for good measure...

She was doing great until we watched A. Pelosi's "Right America" last night.

Ooooo, how was that?

Why is it that the Alex Joneses of the world start looking more sane as I get older? He was the first person I ever heard rail against the dangers of the U.N.