<story><title>Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates</title><url>https://theconversation.com/life-of-brian-at-40-an-assertion-of-individual-freedom-that-still-resonates-114743</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nintendo95</author><text>&amp;#x2F;cynical&amp;#x2F; So sad that nowadays Swedes can&amp;#x27;t have a say about radical immams. &amp;#x2F;cynical&amp;#x2F; How cool it is to have fun of Jesus but to have fun of Mahommed? How &amp;quot;far&amp;quot; we have &amp;quot;progressed&amp;quot; ;-) In 40 years from having fun about religious leaders to burning heretics like witches.&lt;p&gt;Wouldn&amp;#x27;t it be fun to watch movie having fun about Mohammed in Sweden? Or we became some kind of cultural caliphat in the mean time? Joking about Jesus respecting Mohammed? There is a reason for which our era is referred to as &amp;quot;new middle-ages&amp;quot; by some philosophers.&lt;p&gt;Sad.&lt;p&gt;By the way there is much more comedy material in Mohammed case too.&lt;p&gt;As we know since Freud hypocrisy is this what makes the best jokes. I.e. saint God messiah who is a war lord and peadophile in the meantime. Try making movie about that.</text></item><item><author>lb1lf</author><text>This film was initially banned in Norway due to alleged blasphemy (!).&lt;p&gt;The Swedes loved it; their movie posters dubbed it &amp;#x27;The movie which is so funny, it is banned in Norway!&amp;#x27;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>noego</author><text>Sure, people should be able to poke fun at Mohammed, freedom of speech etc etc. But why would you? Life of Brian was a movie about Christianity, made by those born into Christianity, meant to be watched by fellow Christians. Hence why it provided an opportunity for introspection and self-reflection.&lt;p&gt;A movie lampooning Mohammed, made by Christians and for the amusement of other Christians, offers no such opportunity for self-reflection or growth. It would be nothing more than 21st century blackface.</text></comment>
<story><title>Life of Brian at 40: an assertion of individual freedom that still resonates</title><url>https://theconversation.com/life-of-brian-at-40-an-assertion-of-individual-freedom-that-still-resonates-114743</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nintendo95</author><text>&amp;#x2F;cynical&amp;#x2F; So sad that nowadays Swedes can&amp;#x27;t have a say about radical immams. &amp;#x2F;cynical&amp;#x2F; How cool it is to have fun of Jesus but to have fun of Mahommed? How &amp;quot;far&amp;quot; we have &amp;quot;progressed&amp;quot; ;-) In 40 years from having fun about religious leaders to burning heretics like witches.&lt;p&gt;Wouldn&amp;#x27;t it be fun to watch movie having fun about Mohammed in Sweden? Or we became some kind of cultural caliphat in the mean time? Joking about Jesus respecting Mohammed? There is a reason for which our era is referred to as &amp;quot;new middle-ages&amp;quot; by some philosophers.&lt;p&gt;Sad.&lt;p&gt;By the way there is much more comedy material in Mohammed case too.&lt;p&gt;As we know since Freud hypocrisy is this what makes the best jokes. I.e. saint God messiah who is a war lord and peadophile in the meantime. Try making movie about that.</text></item><item><author>lb1lf</author><text>This film was initially banned in Norway due to alleged blasphemy (!).&lt;p&gt;The Swedes loved it; their movie posters dubbed it &amp;#x27;The movie which is so funny, it is banned in Norway!&amp;#x27;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ddeokbokki</author><text>The prophet Mohammed in Islam is seen with more reverence than Jesus in Christianity, invoking his name is also very delicate in Islam (you are supposed to say a blessing anytime you do and avoid invoking it lightly, there&amp;#x27;s a lot of rules around it).&lt;p&gt;With these religious&amp;#x2F;cultural differences I can understand how Muslim take greater offence to people making fun of their most prominent prophet as opposed to Christians, but also you have to take into account that because of that, people usually are more provocative with their humour when it comes to Mohammed.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t remember having seen any sexually depraved depiction of Jesus in mainstream media whereas I can clearly remember many that depicted Mohammed.&lt;p&gt;IMO it&amp;#x27;s not as easy to make fun of Islam&amp;#x2F;Mohammed because people tend to go for the extreme in term of dark humour but also it&amp;#x27;s not perceived the same way by the religious communities.</text></comment>