Big Mental Disease

I read on another blog that Thursday is National Blasphemy Day. It won’t be long before we’ll all be shot at dawn for cracking jokes about Jesus and his crew (I think; I haven’t read the proposed amendment to the Defamation Bill).

Let’s enjoy our freedom until then though; before we go back in time to the bad old days. Champion columnist of  opinionated taxi drivers, Paddy Murray, is already getting himself in a kerfuffle over the indignation of the ‘lefties’:

This is an absolute failure to recognise that being Catholic or Muslim or Jewish or Hindu is as important to many of those who subscribe to those faiths, as being black or Chinese or gay is to those to whom such descriptions apply. Indeed, it is difficult to see where abusive and insulting blasphemy stops and incitement to hatred begins

Well, Paddy, I’m sorry to disappoint you but your faith is not  really deserving of the same protection afforded to ethnic minorites or gays and lesbians. Religious beliefs are no more deserving of respect than political beliefs or choice of clothes. They are beliefs, after all. You believe in whatever the hell you want but don’t expect everyone else to respect it.  I respect your right to believe in what you want, not necessarily the belief itself. Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Here is a little taster of the Gilbert Ratchet strip in the May issue of Viz. Pope Benedict gets entangled in a condom and receives a ticking off from the Virgin Mary, who provides a nice upskirt for the parish rag.

Related posts:

1. Groan
2. Jesus Fucking Christ
3. The Great Unwashed
4. Jesus Christ and his Sexy Cock