Helvetin Pastori/Pastor of Hell

Finland is one the few Western countries to still have blasphemy laws in the books. Bit of a debate rose up on the topic recently. More on that here. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yle_survey_most_mps_want_to_keep_blasphemy_law_but_majority_of_finns_party_greens_favour_change/12010478 Obviously I had to give my two cents on the topic and as result I wrote an opinion piece that was published on the website of Ankkuri, one of our local papers on the 7th of July 2021. This is a translation of that piece, the original one is here: https://www.pkank.fi/uutiset/mielipide-ensimmainen-pykala-kuuluu-roskakoriin-6.19.18135.dacdd6e3e6 Recently Yle asked members of parliament about their views on removing the law against "disrupting religious peace" (note: this is a literal translation, made by the writer). The law is considered problematic because among other things it bans blasphemy. In fact, the UN Human Rights Committee has told Finland to remove the law because it violates freed...

So, here we are. After president Trumps recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite serious opposition from basically the whole world, including members of his own administration, I knew I had to write about this man. But when I started to plan the post itself, I soon realized how hard it would be. This is surprising considering all the stupid shit this man has done during his time in office and his campaign before that. You'd think it would be easy to just start writing about all the stuff he has done and said. The problem is, he has done and said so much stupid shit that I've lost count.  All his broken promises, his efforts to repeal Obamacare, the planned "tax cut" which only benefits the rich, all the blatant racism and sexism, the travel ban affecting countries that have never attacked the US, attacks towards the media and his critics, escalation of wars, all the stuff regarding Russia... There actually is too much to write about. I...

This will probably be a lot shorter than than my other post but I just feel I have to give my two cents on this. Yesterday, 30th of November, the Pirkanmaa District Court gave a decision that the neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement and all organizations related to them have to shut down their operations in Finland. This decision comes after major backlash against the group after one of it's members assaulted a counter protester last year. This is not the only time this group has resulted to violence, but it was the straw that broke the camels back. Still, I'm not sure if this was the right decision. Let's look at the groups history. Nordic Resistance Movement originally started as a collective of regional neo-Nazi groups operating in Nordic countries. In 2016, they announced that the regional groups have disbanded and instead they are now all operating under the banner of Nordic Resistance Movement. Now, I don't now about the situation in other countries that we...