I think perhaps I should backtrack a bit. Clearly in the present climate it would be unrealistic to suggest criminalising sympathising with terrorism, or fining people for publicising their delusional views about the government.
I also wish to withdraw the comment I made about putting Jesus in a mental hospital. This was not meant seriously, it was intended as a joke, in order to expose Azrael's obvious paranoia. (In fact modern christian thinking does not expect the return of the messiah as an individual.)
But there is a serious problem concerning the publication of the kind of delusional paranoid views that Azrael and others espouse. I have been in consultation with a number of expert psychiatrists concerning the mental health system, and the problem of an increasing incidence of the mental illness known as schizophrenia. Now I wouldn't want to say that Azrael is a severe case, but psychiatrists have told me that the worldviews publicised by, for example, David Icke, play an important part in a great number of severe cases of mental illness that require hospitalisation, at great expense to the taxpayer.
The problem is, it seems that some people are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia, and once they start believing in a delusional paranoid worldview, the illness gradually worsens, and often results in psychosis. The general consensus among medical experts is that both for the good of the individuals and for the good of society at large, the best approach is prevention rather than cure, and for this reason, I do think there is a strong case for outlawing publication of delusional views. The problem is, not only do they often harm the person who publishes them, they can also cause mental illness in vulnerable readers.
One solution that is being considered is compulsory medication of people who hold such delusional views, and are not sane or compassionate enough to keep quiet about them.
I do not wish you to think this is a joke. This is a very serious issue.
