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| Another Brit gets it |
| 2008-04-02 |
| The BBC is too scared to make jokes about Islam, the comedian Ben Elton has claimed. Elton, who is also a scriptwriter and author, accused the corporation of being too concerned with political correctness for not allowing jokes about imams but allowing ones vicars. He said: "I think it all starts with people nodding whenever anyone says 'As a person of faith...' And I believe that part of it is due to the genuine fear that the authorities and the communities have about provoking the radical elements of Islam. There is no doubt about it, the BBC will let vicar gags pass but they would not let imam gags pass." Elton, who has written scripts for BBC comedies Blackadder and the Thin Blue Line, said the BBC might pretend that this reluctancy had something to do with moral sensibilities. "But it isn't. It's because they're scared," he said. Speaking in an interview with Third Way, a Christian culture magazine, he added: "I wanted to use the phrase 'Mohammed came to the mountain' and everybody said, 'Oh, just don't! Just don't! Don't go there!" Maybe there is hope after all. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #2 The paedophile prophet of Persopolis? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-04-02 13:19 |
| #1 Elton's probably the one who named a character "The Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells". Can you imagine something similar about an imam? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-04-02 13:18 |