UK's 'Mr. Bean' Attacks Religious Hatred Bill

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Mon Dec-06-04 03:44 PM
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UK's 'Mr. Bean' Attacks Religious Hatred Bill

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=7004669

LONDON (Reuters) - British comedian Rowan Atkinson -- creator of the hapless "Mr Bean" -- attacked a planned law outlawing incitement of religious hatred on Monday, saying it would curb free speech and humour.

Atkinson believes the measure now passing through parliament will make religion virtually off-limits to satirists.

It might even, he fears, lead to prosecutions, not only for some of his own sketches but for others like Monty Python's "Life of Brian," which was criticized on its release in 1979 for being anti-Christian.

These busybodies better not even THINK about touching Python!

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Mon Dec-06-04 03:46 PM
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1. I'm a Catholic theologian

and I use the Life of Brian to illustrate some examples of Catholic theology. Excellent stuff!

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