{"id":1085,"date":"2001-10-17T21:14:14","date_gmt":"2001-10-18T02:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2001-10-17T21:14:14","modified_gmt":"2001-10-18T02:14:14","slug":"thats_a_joke_so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/17\/thats_a_joke_so.html","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s a joke, son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/0,,59-2001361433,00.html\">Religion as a fit subject for comedy<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean, Blackadder) writes to the <i>Times <\/i>of London on the subject of proposed legislation to outlaw \u201cincitement to religious hatred.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8220;For telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. 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