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Intimidating The Press

By The Daily Dish

Sep 16 2008, 9:49 AM ET

A horrifying case in Italy leads to a possible prosecution of a journalist for criticizing the Pope. I see no reason that critics of Catholicism, however crude, should be punished for free speech. It's the same principle behind the absolute right to mock Islam, or any religious figure for that matter. Bilgrimage comments here.



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