So if you were in charge or a lawmaker, what would you do if you were in Poland? Carry out the law? change/repeal it? What would you tell all the people that got offended this act? Is it better to at least have a law in place or let the people deal with it on their own?
Were I in charge, there are a few things worthy of consideration, imho.
But in simple terms, any time there is a specific reference to religion, it is worthy of additional scrutiny. This applies whether the law is 'pro-' or 'anti-' religion. As much as possible, society should enforce laws consistently regardless of religion.
It is certainly NOT better to have a law in place (what...any law?) than let people 'deal with it on their own'. As you are well aware, and have previously articulated, people can take action freely regardless of law. I see no reason to believe that blasphemy laws in Pakistan (for example) result in people not taking action, and instead deferring to due process. Quite the opposite. And such laws are almost invariably used to protect certain religious viewpoints (only). Not religion as a whole.
People are welcome to be offended by whatever they like. I have been called plenty of names by some religious folk through my life. Others have been perfectly accepting of my non-belief. I've had the joy of attending a service to support a born-again friend who was being baptised as an adult, getting to sit through a somewhat old-fashioned 'fire and brimstone' service, where 'unbelievers' were called out as responsible for...well...lots of fun stuff. That is somewhat offensive, to tell truth.
But they didn't call for anyone to take punitive action against unbelievers. Nor did they incite violence (apart from referencing the violence God would ultimately do to me, but that's not quite the same thing).
What I don't want is a legal mechanism deciding whose offence is legally protected based on religion...or non-religion, for that matter.
If hate speech is to be banned, then let it be so for all. If inciting violence is banned, then let it be so for all.
And let the law be as clear as possible on the actions that constitute this, rather than vague concepts like 'offending religious feelings' being held up as a law. Does anyone actually think that a Satanist could take the Church to court for offending their religious feelings?
I personally do not have a perfect answer but, simply saying something is bad because you don't like it is not a solution either. I prefer to think about how my words (or hypothetical actions) would have a real world effect rather than, just saying something is good or bad based off my personal preference
I've been around here for a while. I don't know how much interaction we've had, honestly, but I doubt any here would see me as unreflective, or suggest that I make posts based on personal preference and without consideration to real world effect. I certainly have not done so here.
This is already widely done in the US lol and not even against criminals, this is being done against comedians and actors by cancel culture. Trust me, the least of your fear are the religious people when it comes to freedom of speech, its the political left that's carrying this out. This is how i see the religious people vs the political left. When religion gets offended the followers demand for form of "punishment", take this Poland example. When the left get offended, they want you canceled, fired, humiliated and to never earn a living again. Simply go through some of the most recent "twitter drama" by the left when they get offended. Freedom of speech isn't at risk from the religious people, its the political left. While i know many won't like what i am saying but, be objective and look at the world today. With all that said, i am not for any religion nor religious, i try to be as objective as i can when looking at issues.
This is quite the jump. I would certainly not agree that 'the least of your fear are religious people when it comes to freedom of speech'. That varies massively depending on which part of the world one is talking about, and this OP is specifically about a country limiting freedom of expression based on religious exception...not on US cancel culture for comedians.
I have my own thoughts about that, and will happily extrapolate on them in an appropriate thread, but suffice to say that one countries misguided attempts to control speech via social censure say nothing about another countries choices to do so through their legal justice system. I can have an opinion about each matter...and do. And this OP is about Poland, and more generally blasphemy laws.