To be disappointed that Stephen Fry isn't....

[BertrandRussell]

....going to be tried for blasphemy? I was so looking forward to it!

Why?

I'm just relieved he isn't! I'm Irish and we would be a laughing stock if this went ahead - I can't believe it was even a possibility in the first place

Because a) it would have been fun and b) blasphemy laws would not have survived it.

It was never a possibility. The laws were specifically designed so that no-one could ever actually be prosecuted.

I read this earlier in the week and died a little inside as I'm Irish. Please let this be brushed under the carpet and never be spoken about again
I like Fry his portrayal of Wilde was brillant.

If you have a law that someone breaks and don't do anything about it, what's the point in the law?

If someone else gets prosecuted, they could reasonably ask why Stephen Fry wasn't prosecuted.

YABU his ego would have been even more inflated had he been prosecuted.

Yeah it is a bloody stupid law, that I didn't realise existed until this came up. It is amusing reading some of the comments on FB about it, by outraged religious types who wanted him to be prosecuted.

No one else will get prosecuted, thats the point. And SF never could have been.

His ego? Have you read anything by, or about, him. His ego is not even close tof how big it should be!

Oh could you elucidate op save me googling haven't heard this

Orlantina, I think there are quite a few laws nobody would bother about today, that have never been repealed.

I have a feeling there's still one to say that all able bodied men over 16 must go and practise their archery at the butts every Saturday morning, so they're ready to go and fight off the dastardly French.

My favourite quote on this story was in the times, it simply said:

'You're Christian.. so forgive.'

Pretty much shuts down any news for a blasphemy law in the first place

getting

TBF - the archery law is very old.
Blasphemy was introduced as an amendment to the defamation act in 2009

His ego? Have you read anything by, or about, him. His ego is not even close tof how big it should be!

Absolutely Againtheodds

I second this /|\

Totally agree bertrand it would have be awesome to watch.

YABU his ego would have been even more inflated had he been prosecuted.

Completely agree with this.

I watched this series at the time, the only episode which left me "outraged" was Ronan Keatings.

I too would have liked to have seen this. He would have destroyed them in court!

He can be a bit luvvy, but I like it when he says it like it is ...

Personally, I think in most areas Fry is a bit of a git.

But he is brilliant on atheism/humanism/religion. In fact, in any areas where he actually had to use his brains and education, rather than his luvvyness.

You may think he's great on atheism because you share his views. I thought the quote was fairly offensive but nothing Christians aren't used to hearing and of course it would be ludicrous to prosecute.

He's not half as clever as he thinks he is. He's certainly no Oscar Wilde. Though I agree he would probably have thought he was, if he'd been dragged to court.

As an Irish person I was embarrassed about this story and indeed the law, even though totally unenforceable.
So glad it came to nothing, mainly because I own a Latin dictionary but have no idea where it is to translate his no doubt bombastic faux Latin legalese speech and I don't want to have to go up into the loft.

I bet he's gutted the prosecution isn't going ahead! Attention seeking twat.

That's the point. He's great on atheism. Which means that Theists won't like what he says. There are plenty of people who are great on Theism too-I don't like what they say!