I think that this is a good move, for the reasons given. There is an
unfortunate side to it, though. If you enjoy blasphemy, you can't
indulge in it in the UK anymore, you have to travel to places where
they take it much more seriously and are consequently at higher risk
than before. It will be quite difficult for atheists to blaspheme at
all now, since they are forbidden entry to Saudi Arabia.
It is also hard on witches (who like to call themselves follower's of
Wicca because it sounds more hey-wow) as well. The receipt for the
potion cooked up in 'Macbeth' has "liver of blaspheming Jew" as one
of
the important ingredients - these livers will now have to be imported
from Saudi Arabia, or similar, putting up the cost of knowledge of
the
future quite considerably. I'm sure that it's been hard enough to
come
by good quality finger's of birth-strangled babes, ditch delivered by
drabs as it is, the NHS keeping drabs out of ditches almost entirely
during their confinements these days. |