THE BBC is scared of Islam, says Ben Elton.
Writes Dizzy:
How refreshing it is to see that Ben Elton has accused the BBC of being scared of Islam. In an interview with ‘Third Way’, a Christian magazine, he has said the BBC hides behind the idea of moral sensibilities but really it’s ‘because they’re scared’. He also questioned why Christianity was a valid target with for example jokes about vicars but not ones about Immans.
Absobloodylutely! That’s what I say. I’m not a Christian myself, but I can understand why God Botherers get so irritated by the way their faith is easily ridiculed by the secular world but other faiths, in particular Islam, is not. No one has the right not be offended after all, and Islam should be ridiculed, just as much as Jehovah Witnesses, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and whatever other faith you can think.
If we are, as many have argued, engaged in an ideological struggle against Islamism (however great), then for us to show deference to the special interests of Islam as a whole then it puts the values of Western ideology on very shaky ground. If the BBC had balls it would buy Little Mosque on the Prairie from the Canadians for a BBC2 night time slot.
It’s a top show. Even better than the Heaven And Earth show…
Posted: 2nd, April 2008 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio, Twitterings, War On Terror Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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April 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I think the little mosque in the prairie is hilarious, I challenge the BBC to put it on, Its better than the dross comedy we are currently served up with…an I am a muslim, It doesn’t offend but rather inform in a funny way! Mwah Love me!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Steve
When the majority faith has had it’s balls cut off by secularisation.
I forgot to add that bit.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Karen said “It’s etiquette to ridicule the majority faith”
I must remember that, next time I’m in Dubai (c;
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I was stunned because I always thought Ben Elton was Jewish yet the article reads as if he is basically Christian.
See what thought does for you? (as my mother would say…)
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
It’s etiquette to ridicule the majority faith or your immediate enemy - in Britain Islam isn’t either (yet).
There’s also a liberal/left split on what they want from the Islamic panic (apart from entertainment) - liberals want to equalise or neutralise society, so will downplay Islamic extremists (in the same way they would play-up, say the BNP, - in order to try and stigmatise any possible non-liberal majority views) - the left (still) need violent resistance to kick-start the revolution and they haven’t quite managed to grasp that Islamic extremism isn’t the same as the PLO (when the Ringo Starr look-a-like was still running it).
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Jokes about Christians are allowed because if you offend us then the worst you get is a few people in glasses and wooly jumpers standing outside a building protesting!
If you offend Islam…you get the acts of New York, Madrid, London and many more.