[ExI] age of mockery

[Anders Sandberg]

On 16/10/2012 16:48, spike wrote:
> ...You know, of course, that the UK doesn't have a First Amendment right...
> BillK, you lads should get one.  Actually you need some second amendment
> rights before you have a chance at having some first amendment rights.

We need a constitution first. Maybe we should humbly beg Her Majesty for 
an update on Magna Carta...


The proper thing to do in response to the age of mockery is of course to 
mock the mindset behind it mercilessly. Not the faith, that is beside 
the point, but the view that there are ideas that that should not be 
allowed to be expressed because somebody might be upset. We could start 
by criticising the Muslims for mocking the pre-islamic religions. Then 
we should point out that their criticism of mockery outrages many 
liberal-minded westerners and hence should stop.

-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University