Hey I have a great idea for anyone who really wants to test the blasphemy law: Head down the the Mosque on the North Circular Road dressed as Mohammed and hand out leaflets of the Danish Cartoons.

That ought to do the trick.

Or dress up as the Virgin Mary with a new boob job and keep flashing Catholics as they leave Mass. You could have a sign offering safe sex because you’ll still be a virgin after.

Dermot Ahearn and the Papal nuncio are probably embarrassed at the way they overestimated how Irish heretics might seize on the opportunity to damage the Catholic Church when it was at its weakest point. Now the blasphemy law, so beloved of certain fashionably educated activist types, will lay gathering dust until such time they decide to use it a false concession in the future.
If it was designed as bait to provide a distraction it certainly got swallowed hook line and sinker. That’s what happens when an organisation is led by a self promoter whose main aim is to get a share of the limelight and bask in the reflected glory of associating with visiting stalwarts of the worldwide atheist movement.

Fame by association is all the cowardly can ever hope for.

Atheist Ireland along with the gutless artists community have been careful not to go raising a stink about the rape and torture of children and the countless broken victims still waiting for some sort of justice. That just doesn’t go down too well when you’re planning a career as the “atheist” dinner guest in polite society. You don’t want to come across as the mad protester.

Cowardly hypocrisy: it’s Ireland’s number one product.