Website: http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/category/censorship/
Description:
This website highlights all kinds of sensitive and controversial issues and mockingly criticizes current “trends” such as homosexuality and the religion scientology.
It also encourages readers to participate in inappropriate activities such as a petition for a Blasphemy Day International aiming to “a show of solidarity for the freedom to mock and insult religion without fear of murder, violence, and reprisal. It is the obligation of the world’s nations to safeguard dissent and the dissenters, not to side with the brutal interests of thugs who demand “respect” for their beliefs (i.e., immunity to being criticized or mocked or they threaten violence).” (extracted)
Their main purpose is to practice a total freedom of speech, even crossing the line of respect.
Assumptions:
They have this mentality that religions are, in a way, the cause of war and chaos between people in the world, hence, they feel that people should be allowed to openly criticize other religions perhaps with the thinking that it would make the world a better place, that by opening up, there is no reason for people to think that somebody is criticizing his/her religion behind their backs and that being truthful would make people more tolerant of each other’s religions and cultures.
They, also, assume that respect demanded for one another’s religion is actually just a protective cover from getting negative comments/remarks from others.
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