Double standards on the BBC (for a change)

[Joe Black]

I say we take off, and nuke the site* from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

* insert appropriate part of world here...

[Fungus]

I say we take off, and nuke the site* from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

* insert appropriate part of world here...

* = Luton. Just wait a few minutes while I pack me bags.

[Spacecadet]

I recently went to a comedy show by an ex BBC comedian whose tag line for the entire comedy night was "and so there I was vomiting into the gaping a*s*hole of Jesus Christ"

Personally I don't think its double standards. Christianity teaches to turn the other cheek to such insults. In fact the bible for me seemed to take into account that fact that christians will have to put up with some sort of insult as part of their faith, I guess this is from early christianity when the bible was being written and they were persecuted and ridiculed for their beliefs.
Islam however expressily forbids the image of Mohamad(sp?) to be shown in any shape or form but then Islam is a much older religion comparable to judasim in age which itself preaches an eye for eye. Infact the death toll in the old testament is astounding to say the least.

Maybe islam needs some modernisation or maybe the media, for once, could ignore the cocks who make up the minority of the islamic population of this country.

Anyway, any religion is there for the sake of the believers, not for the non-believers. If you are going to say something that will be found to be insulting to a religious group then you do need to accept some backlash. Christianity is an easy target, islam (currently) is an obvious target.

[mcquiggd]

If islam is such an obvious target, why is it singled out for a conspicuous policy of 'soft touch' treatment by the general media...?

Just because the majority of christians have a sense of proportion about humour does not mean they should be allowed to 'fair game' if other religions are not... (and for the record I am an atheist).

Remember the furore over the Life of Brian, or the Not the Nine oClock News sketch about the general synod ... complaints made - yes indeed..... trains blown up in Madrid and London where there is a mix of sexes, races, religions, nationalities, ages, for fecks sake no way....


The only reason most newspapers shy away from treating the islamic trend towards violence with more column inches is that they fear they and their companies will be targeted by the same people, who are frankly a bunch of lunatics.

P.S amongst the horrors on www.ogrish.com there is a lovely scene of a potential car bomber in Iraq who ended up being stopped by gunfire, then the artillery shells in his car were blown up by a bomb disposal robot - with him still in it... the laconic comment from a US soldier surveying what is left of it is 'well.... I guess this is what he came here to do.....'

[Antman]

Well, the soft touch treatment by the media of certain religeons is basically cowardice on their part.

Regards the "vomiting in the a**ehole of JC" can you ever imagine the same fellow trying the 'joke' using Mohammed instead of Jesus Christ?

Eternalnomad I'd be very interested to hear the excuse the BBC give you.