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Free Speech and Harassment: A Reply to Lallands Peat Worrier.

24 Oct 2011 2 Comments

by MryMac in Legal Issues, Sectarianism Tags: freedom of speech, harassment, hate speech, Irish Catholics, Lallands Peat Worrier, legal issues, Neil Lennon, race, racism, religion, Scots law, sectarianism, Stephen Birrell

Free Speech and Racial/Sectarian Harassment: A Reply to Lallands Peat Worrier.

I believe passionately in the right of free speech, freedom of belief and freedom of religious practice. Contemporary laws in Scotland have criminalised sectarian hate speech in certain contexts. I believe that this is right and just. I don’t think this negates my belief in freedom of speech or belief.

On the Jury and Sectarian and Sexual Violence: A Response to Lallands Peat Worrier

02 Sep 2011 9 Comments

by Morag Eyrie in Anarchism, Intersectionality, Legal Issues, Sectarianism Tags: Derrick Jensen, hegemony, hierarchy, Lallands Peat Worrier, Neil Lennon, rape, Scots law, sectarianism, sexual, violence

I’m a big fan of Lallands Peat Worrier, his blog, his Tweets and his person; he’s on the side of angels and he has a lovely brain the size of a planet. His latest post disturbed me a little though, so here is me writing out my understanding of why I’m disturbed. I also ramble into more of a response to the content of his post and the case it discusses: the implications of the Neil Lennon sectarian / assault case for Scotland’s anti-sectarianism law.