The Big Questions

[WoZZeR]

I have an invite to 'The Big Questions' in Leicester on Sunday.

I aired my views to the researcher last week. These are the questions:

1. Should religions be exempt from the law?

2. Is superstition harmless?

3. Can violence ever be entertainment?

Question one refers to Hindu cremation, possibly some aspects of Islamic Sharia Law etc.

Question two is a strange one.

Question three has changed since I spoke to her!!

Any thoughts chaps?

 

[V4NT0M]

1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.

 

[G18241]

No
No
Yes

 

[Aero]

1. No
2. No
3. I think that depends on a persons perception of entertainment. In my opinion violent games like rugby are entertaining but thats because the participants are willing to compete. Now something like torture I wouldn't class as entertainment. Not the best comparison but its all I could think of.

Aero

 

[apeZ]

1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.

 

[WoZZeR]

Interesting.

I have no, yes and no.

They are vague questions and rather meaningless as they stand.

 

[Kreeeee]

1. Should religions be exempt from the law?

2. Is superstition harmless?

3. Can violence ever be entertainment?

1- Of course not.
2- No, idiocy in it's many forms causes huge problems.
3- Yes, some people are entertained by violence. Whether it should be is a different question entirely.

 

[memyselfandi]

1. Most definitely not
2. No
3. Yes, as long as all parties are willing participants and are fully aware of the risks/consequences

 

[jeffmango]

1: No.
2: No.
3: Boxing?

 

[Martins]

1) No, simply because a persons beliefs happen to be organised into a 'religion' shouldn't allow them to be exempt from law, else I might well start up a religion that forbids its members from paying tax!
2) Yes, so long as it's not taken too far, but honestly I think if it got far enough to cause a problem it could be more accurately labelled OCD
3) Sure, boxing anyone?

 

[RDM]

1. Should religions be exempt from the law?

In general I would say no, however it is already exempt from quite a bit of employment legislation. (It is exempt from discrimination legislation for gender, religion and sexual orientation in some areas). Personally I would change it so that religions lose their charity status if they do not comply to all laws.

2. Is superstition harmless?

In general yes, but not if taken to extremes and if used to restrict others. I couldn't care less if you restrict your own life with superstition.

3. Can violence ever be entertainment?

Obviously it can as UFC, Boxing and to a lesser extent wrestling already prove. Not to mention the pretend violence in many, many films.

 

[Nix]

1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.

About the same for me.

I've watched Big Questions a few times and often find myself getting really angry with the nonsense that people come out with.

 

[Pilky01]

1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.

This

 

[RDM]

For those saying "No" to the first one. Does that mean you think the Church of England should appont a female, gay, jewish bishop?

 

[semi-pro waster]

1. No, religion shouldn't be exempt from the law or at least no new derogations should be granted (Sikhs not having to wear helmets on motorcycles is already firmly entrenched for instance and the only person likely to suffer from it is the rider themselves).

2. That's a depends answer, as RDM says superstitions generally only impact on the person who believes in them and in that case I see no reason to restrict the right to believe in them (even assuming it were possible to do so). If it harms or impacts on others negatively then it is a problem.

3. Violence can be entertainment, a better question may be "should violence be considered entertainment?", particularly when other arguably less socially harmful acts are viewed as more of a problem.

 

[GhostlyPea]

1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.

This.

- Pea0n

 

[Van Hellseek]

1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.

 

[platinum87]

no
no
yes

 

[WoZZeR]

Thanks for the thoughts chaps, plenty to ponder over.

I think I got mine wrong, it's actually no, yes and no for me.

I'm an agnostic so no new concessions to religion from me.

Superstitions are harmless unless they impact on somebody else, the african witchcraft twaddle that harms so many innocent kids for example.

I haven't a clue what the violence one is about, if it's sport then all participants are willing so no problem. If it's telly trash or pc games then age guidance or something is needed.

I think Leicester will be interesting, I may be the one of the white minority.

This was in the invite:

We usually advise people to dress smart-casual but please do wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Checked or striped clothes often cause a problem on camera and items that are revealing or religiously offensive often induce complaints from viewers!

I underlined that bit.