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I think you should be able to say what the fuck you want about any religion and all religion.
Me too, you should be able to, but that doesn't always mean you should do it, especially if it's just a case of pointless insensitivity, rather than any kind of salient point.
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If I wanted to make a Charlie Hebdo kind of point, that would be one thing. I'm not going to do it for the sake of a pun. There's a whole army of Kippers and Kate Hopkins types ready to use details of the religious beliefs of anybody they see as "other", so much so that it's tiresome even for the moderate or secular members of those communities/ethnicities. I'm not going to stand with that army just because it would require a little effort to walk further down the road.
I want a better reason for offending people than not being able to think of original material. I want to offend people on purpose, not through laziness.
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The great Stewart Lee has funny things to say about the right to be offended, and offend.
I think you should be able to say what the fuck you want about any religion and all religion.
He makes a point about religions try to be more offended than other, and how (through his experience as co-author of Jerry Springer the Opera) Christians have been playing catch up with Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus
https://youtu.be/N9EUe8jNr6o