I've never read a word of Phillip Pullman's fiction, maybe I will when my daughter is older, but I admire his response to a christian antagonist at the Oxford Literary Festival last weekend. Nobody has the right not to be offended whether they be athiest, agnostic, christian, jew, muslim, hindu, sikh or whatever. If you think otherwise, then you don't understand what freedom of expression (under the law) means in a liberal society. Not gratuitously giving offence in everyday life is, of course, a matter of decency, good manners and prudence: but it is not a moral imperative.
Local elections 2024 so far (at 7am Friday 3rd May)
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What we know so far, after 1 by-election, 35 out of 107 councils, and 3
Police and Crime Commissioners declared. Bad for the Conservatives. Good
for Labour...
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