Percy Bysshe Shelley

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August 17, 2013

 

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He exhorted the cabal, "If we do not destroy this dangerous invention, it will one day destroy us!" Soon after, the Common Law of England would prohibit freedom of speech and press if it caused "reproach" to the Church or "derided" the Bible. In Shelley's day, the radical idea of Freedom of the Press was associated with atheism - a threat to both Church and State...
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In Shelley's day, the radical idea of Freedom of the Press was associated with atheism - a threat to both Church and State. If one attacked the Church it was blasphemy, if one attacked the State or its policies, it was sedition. Both were illegal. The Law said you can't blaspheme, the Clergy said you must not be seditious...
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