Waterstones Censorship, Patrick Jones vs Christian voice -aZeroGodist

Waterstones Censorship; Christlams stumping their feet.

A poet has been forced to launch his new collection in the street after a bookstore cancelled the event because of a campaign by Christian activists.
Patrick Jones was due to sign copies at Waterstone's in Cardiff but the shop cancelled the event at the last moment.
Christian Voice said the book was "obscene and blasphemous" and called on the chain to remove copies from stores.
The company said it was not a censor but felt it was "prudent" to cancel the event because of its duty to customers.
Darkness is Where the Stars Are is a collection of 30 to 40 poems from the Welsh publishers, Cinnamon Press.
Mr Jones, the brother of Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers, had been expecting to launch the book at the Cardiff Hayes branch of Waterstone's on Wednesday night.
But a few hours before, the poet from Blackwood in Caerphilly county, was contacted by the company to tell him the event had been cancelled "to avoid potential disruption to our store".
Mr Jones said he was not going to be "beaten down" by religious activists, and signed copies for a small group of people in the street.
"I'm really proud of this book and I'm really sickened.
"There shouldn't be censorship of this sort - it doesn't set out to be offensive."
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[RowanFortuneWood]

Thanks for posting this and for the support.

I think it shows that Stephen Green is a deeply unpleasant man.

[aZeroGodist]

Tis hard to believe that there are people like that in the 21st century.

[thatgaybloke]

People's comfort doesn't seem to feature very highly when Stephen Green and his band of merry little death cultists go to LGBT Pride marches and hold up banners condemning gay people.

Maybe it's on their own discomfort that they care about.

[thatgaybloke]

Stephen Green says doesn't understand why anyone would want to go and listen to "put themselves through hearing a whole load of incoherent illiterate dross". That's a surprise - I'd expect that as a good Christian he'd be in church at least once a week.

[ElectricEchoGirlie01]

Shut up Stephen Green you fuckwit!!! come back when you know what your talking about

[lyndonlongden]

Good luck Patrick, nothing more hypocritical than religion in this world. it's the biggest cause of war and cruelty to women. keep on trucking. Christians believe in free speech as long as it suits them but God help you if you speak against them.

[LouisPlume]

Ive just made a movie with an anti Christian Movie, small budget feature film. I wasnt sure how to ppromote it. Now I know send to christian Voice, they shout so loud that their hatred should give me a million down loads.

Out next year called "Learning Hebrew" look out for it.

[hungrysparrow]

It's weird how Waterstones pulled Patricks book because he suggests that Jesus got it on with Mary Magdeline and yet they sold shed loads of copies of 'The Da Vinci Code'.

[gextvedde]

Stephen Green is a deeply foolish man. The poems may be blasphemous according to Green but so what? He has no right to stop anyone expressing a different point of view. It's not the fucking dark ages. How dare this man censor what other people want to read on the basis of personal prefference.

Jones is right. I also find the Christian Voice website offensive but I'm not trying to get it shut down.

[seoulstar]

Patrick Jones is shit. Doing readings before gigs......cringeworthy crap. However, it must be said that both him and his equally talentless brother have done well in avoiding having to do real work for a living.

[deadpassive]

When? How?

Evidence please.

[blackwoodboyo]

patricks always been a muppet in all fairness voilent abusive a bully himself, hypocrite. end off