Der Künstlername des Rowan Atkinson scheint in etwa die Größe seiner Welt zu beschreiben.
Er erklärt, dass man Menschen wegen ihrer Rasse nicht hassen darf,
To criticise a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous
wohl aber wegen ihrer Religion,
but to criticise their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.
denn das sind nur fixe Ideen,
“The freedom to criticise ideas, any ideas – even if they are sincerely held beliefs – is one of the fundamental freedoms of society.”
und da aus seiner Sicht Homosexualität auch nur eine fixe Idee, ein Glaube ist, darf man schwule Menschen hassen:
Comedian Rowan Atkinson has criticised hate speech legislation, saying that the House of Lords must vote against a government attempt to remove a free speech clause in a homophobic hatred offence.
He said: “Do I think that I would risk prosecution because of jokes or drama about sexual orientation with which I might be involved if we don’t have the free speech clause?
“Not really – but I dread something almost as bad – a culture of censoriousness, a questioning, negative and leaden attitude that is encouraged by legislation of this nature but is considerably and meaningfully alleviated by the free speech clause.”
Warum muss die Knallerbse, Verzeihung, -bohne überhaupt Witze über schwule Menschen machen. Fällt ihm sonst nichts ein? Oder werden schwulenfeindliche Witze am besten bezahlt?
