Ireland May Be Next To Censor the Internet

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Irish Times, the government of Ireland — the country that recently made blasphemy a criminal offense — has had extensive talks regarding the censorship of the Internet. Details are a little sketchy, as the documents requested under the Freedom of Information request were denied; however, '...the ongoing high level of discussion on the subject is indicated in the detailed description of each refused item in the list of materials returned by the [Department of Justice].' Ireland seems to be following the well-trodden path blazed by the Land Down Under, justifying censorship with 'won't somebody think of the children!' (and the copyright holders)."

The Irish fear Nigerian scammers

[Vinegar Joe]

They're always trying to steal their Lucky Charms.

Re:Blasphemous!

[thijsh]

All religions are created equally, some more equal than others...
It will be fun for a laugh, but if they try they'll see how objective people really are around religion. FSM supporters might even get jail-time because the have invented a religion purely for blasphemous purposes in the judges eyes.

Re:Blasphemous!

[sznupi]

"Think of the children!" would recently seem to be blaspheamous for too significant part of Irish religious "elite".

Though maybe not, taking various meanings of "think" into account...

Re:Goodbye Internet

[WrongSizeGlass]

If you don't upgrade you are a terrorist (or a pedophile)!!

What if he's just someone who terrorizes pedophiles?

Re:Goodbye Internet

[thetoadwarrior]

Or maybe he's a paedophile terrorist and he's planning on flying a plane into a nursery school complete with camera in one hand and penis in the other.

Re:mokery

[Anonymous Coward]

They're censored, and cannot see your mockery.

Goddamn, now they take mah Internets! christ.

[rAiNsT0rm]

So I would basically last about 3 minutes in Ireland before being locked up. Look, I had a lovely dinner, and all I said was "that piece of halibut was fit for Jehova."

Re:FFS

[Anonymous Coward]

Where do you get it at present?

Re:Blasphemous!

[PakProtector]

They claim they are eating and drinking of him, that isn't the same thing as actually doing it.

To them it is. That's the point. They are necrophages — I don't know if cannibalism technically applies since, in their minds, while he was fully human he was also fully God. So all Catholics are at the very least necrophages, and at the most anthropophages.

So don't turn your back on the damn cannibals, for you are delicious in wafer form when served with wine.

Re:Ireland is a banana republic

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

As someone from Ireland, I can tell you that the above post is embellished--but only rhetorically.