Niilo Paasivirta is a

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Internet personality, who has become known for the Internet writings that parody fundamentalist Christian views. In Finland, he's best known for the essays called "Oikeat Mielipiteet" ("Correct Opinions"), and elsewhere for the "Love Thy Neighbor" and ''Game of Satan'' pages, that parody

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, as well as his ''Foreigner's Guide to Finland'' page. The pages were written at the time when the moral panic was being discussed, and first in mid-1990s, and the humorous approach was both disapproved of, and later, as the moral panic waned, approved of. In several occasions, Paasivirta has said his date of birth is September 3, 1956, which is debatable, as the same interview also had wild claims about his "roots in nobility" and "special skills".

Game of Satan

Game of Satan pages parody the anti-role-playing-game movement. According to the pages, the

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s are anti-Christian, sinful, make the players worship Satan, practice (among other things)

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, religions other than Christianity,

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s, turn them into members of sexual minorities, commit crimes and go to Hell.Dungeons and dragons (TM) and other fantasy role playing games (RPG)
Religious Tolerance. Paasivirta himself described the page as follows: The Game of Satan pages have gained some cult following. Many people have understood the joke, and supported the page for that reason, but some have thought the page was a real opinion of a "conservative Christian" and mocked people who had the same kind of views. It has been seen as one of the examples of Poe's law.

Correct Opinions

Paasivirta writes essays called "Oikeat Mielipiteet", or "Correct Opinions", to mock conservative views. Their length varies, they're typically related to current matters, and take point of view which is exaggeratedly conservative, right-wing, pro-military, patriotic and racist, in vein of the similar conservative groups in United States. In addition to the

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and Paasivirta's own home page, the essays have been published on a web page called Bittivuoto.net, and a computer magazine called Enter.

Blasphemy accusations

In 1999, Paasivirta was investigated by police for allegedly violating Finnish

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s for the material published on his web page in the end of 1998. The prosecutor noted Paasivirta had posted blasphemous material and publicly agitated others to commit such crimes, but charges were not filed because the blasphemy was no longer treated as a criminal matter. In the material, Paasivirta briefly and without any elaboration called

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a "bull calf drone", "ectoplasm", "pickle being roasted in pig lard", "pedophile", "drug addict" and "career criminal". The page also had a phone number for police tip line and admitted to violating blasphemy laws. Later, he claimed he was referring to the

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rather than the Christian God. The material is no longer available on Paasivirta's home page.Päätös syyttämättä jättämisestä jumalanpilkasta 15.1.1999
(sensuroitu päätös)

References

* Ilkka Mäyrä, 26.4.1998

External links

Home Page of Niilo Paasivirta
* ews:finet.fan.niilo.paasivirta Newsgroupbr>Googlen Groups

Valtiotorni
"The Only True Blog"
Niilopedia
. The True Encyclopedia. * Bittivuoto.net, Petri Muhonen 07.01.2004
Interview
* ''Blasphemy case'' **

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