Members of the Slymepit website have spent the last few hours struggling with the ethics of whether to remove a photograph, newly posted, of an identifiable person’s face photoshopped onto the body of a naked woman. The Site Administrator’s decision: “I have deleted the tags which embed the image, but left the link. Note: this […]
I’ve discovered that several comments posted in recent days didn’t reach the site because of automated settings in the software, seemingly unrelated to the content of the comments. I want to publish two of them here, as they are important contributions. Please read both of these comments in the context that they were written and […]
Justin, thank you for your latest response. This is an interim response, as there have been a lot of comments about our dialogue which I want to consider before I make my next substantive reply. I am disappointed that you did not even attempt to answer the question that I asked in my last post. […]
Thursday 7 March, Trinity College Dublin Shari’a versus Atheism Lunchtime debate, starting 2 pm Phil Conversation Room, Graduates Memorial Building Organised by TCD Theological Society Mufassil Islam, PhD Law (Candidate) Michael Nugent, Chairperson Atheist Ireland Wednesday 13 March, NUI Galway Does Society Need Religious Faith? Evening debate, starting 7 pm Venue to be announced Organized […]
Atheist Ireland has removed from our Forum several posts which we consider to be sexist, racist and/or shaming, and we would like to apologise for allowing our Forum to be used as a platform for such material. We would like to thank Skepsheik for bringing this to our attention. As with any voluntary organisation, we […]
This is part of a dialogue with Justin Vacula about why some feminists receive what he describes as “criticism and hate” and “nasty pushback” on the Internet, and why some people direct such criticism and hate and nasty pushback at these feminists. Trigger warning: For readers not familiar with the type of material published on […]
This is an extract from a talk I gave at Trinity College Dublin last week on the relationship between religion and the Irish State. I want you to imagine if the Irish State was run in the reverse way to the way that it is at the moment with regard to religion and atheism. Imagine […]
Justin Vacula has published a video (here with transcript) titled “Feminists’ million dollar question” in which he elaborates on his advice “for people who face criticism and hate on the internet.” While I fundamentally disagree with his analysis, I am interpreting his intentions charitably, and I would like to ask him two questions. Justin asks […]
Marie Fleming is this week asking the Irish Supreme Court to allow her to be assisted in dying peacefully, instead of being forced to live through the final stages of multiple sclerosis. She is appealing against a High Court decision that upheld the current ban on assisted suicide, because the legal right to assisted dying […]
I’d like to thank Jeremy Stangroom for his gracious apology for accidentally misrepresenting my article about a sexist photograph on Facebook. It’s a welcome example of how to stop misunderstandings perpetuating or escalating online. I would also like to reciprocate the apology for phrasing my article in a way that contributed to the misunderstanding arising. […]