Freedom of Speech and Religious Privilege

Here in the good old Dis-United Kingdom an infamous attempt to restrict freedom of speech has failed, although no doubt the commissars of that nonsense called 'Political Correctness' will try again soon.
On our little allotment in South Gloucestershire my best mate Nosher and I were overjoyed that the P0lice and CPS have been obliged to apologise to Channel 4 TV over the botched attempt to silence freedom of speech over their documentary 'Undercover Mosque.'
'Freedom of speech and religious privilege are uncomfortable bedfellows' asserted Nosher as he settled into his old deckchair after filling my glass with parsnip wine. We were sat, as usual, outside his allotment shed after a morning's gardening on the rapidly growing plants on our little plots.
'It is an idictment of our social institutions' I added 'that it was Channel 4 that faced all the flak instead of those preaching hatred and intolerance caught on camera for the film. During the furore that followed its screening, even the media gave these hate-filled extremists an easy time, asking them what they thought of their treatment at the hands of Channel 4, instead of grilling them over their expressions of intolerance and hatred. Yet none of these people have ever been questioned by the Police.'
Nosher sipped his wine thoughtfully.
'This may have something' he said 'to do with a clause inserted by Tony Blair into the Human Rights Act of 1998, giving religions protection against criticism - a protection that is quite outside the European Convention on Human Rights, and therefore challengeable in the Courts.'
'Well, let us hope that religions lose their privileges sooner rather than later' I said, and then added:
'To protect religion from criticism gives it a licence to oppress others.'
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