Sometimes, all I can do is shrug, and say, "Well, at least it isn't the U.S. government going batshit looneytunes and destroying civil rights this time."
First, the Irish outlawed blasphemy. I'll be curious to see how the law is applied to The Independent's response to the law.
Now, the UK's Home Office, which is clearly the "someone" in "WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?", has issued the Vetting and Barring Scheme. This means that, among others, J.K. Rowling has to register in a government database as a possible child molester.
Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
Britons
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