59-year old UK citizen Harold Taylor has been convicted of “religiously aggravated harassment” for distributing cartoons making fun of religious figures and belief, including posters and leaflets left (ironically enough) at John Lennon airport:
The self-styled philosopher denied three counts of causing religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress but was convicted in less than an hour by a unanimous jury.
Among the posters, one image showed a smiling crucified Christ next to an advert for a brand of ”no nails” glue.
In another, a cartoon depicted two Muslims holding a placard demanding equality with the caption: ”Not for women or gays, obviously.”
Obnoxious, I admit, but criminal? I’ll admit, I find the idea of the local preacher who refers to my family as “drunken fornicators” at our annual street fair spending time in the pokey somewhat amusing, I can’t help feeling there’s quite a double standard at play here.
