New Posts For Thread: The BBC is too 'scared' to allow Islam jokes, says Ben Eltonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-eltonhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/02/bbc.television3?CMP=share_btn_twFrom the hallowed Retardian no lessCurb Your Enthusiasm.It must have taken potshots at almost ,if not all, religions and social groupings.There is not a chance in a million a similar programme would be made in the UK ......less than 80 years since we fought for freedom.I am surprisedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559164819#559164819Curb Your Enthusiasm.It must have taken potshots at almost ,if not all, religions and social groupings.There is not a chance in a million a similar programme would be made in the UK ......less than 80 years since we fought for freedom.I am surprisedMon, 13 Apr 2020 09:05:56 -0500forgot to include heterosexual.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163641#559163641forgot to include heterosexual.Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:36:37 -0500The BBC's remit these past few years is apparently to disallow all jokes, except those at the expense of middle-aged, white, Christian, male, right-wing Brexiteers.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163635#559163635The BBC's remit these past few years is apparently to disallow all jokes, except those at the expense of middle-aged, white, Christian, male, right-wing Brexiteers.Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:36:03 -0500Satire and lampooning makes a great statement. The staff at Charlie Hebdo thought that until a couple of AK47's made a greater onehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163615#559163615Satire and lampooning makes a great statement. The staff at Charlie Hebdo thought that until a couple of AK47's made a greater oneMon, 13 Apr 2020 05:29:24 -0500I'm not a massive fan of when comedians rip into an individual personSome of Frankie Boyle's stuff was pretty meanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wE6CFDIGCEhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163235#559163235I'm not a massive fan of when comedians rip into an individual personSome of Frankie Boyle's stuff was pretty meanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wE6CFDIGCEMon, 13 Apr 2020 03:16:45 -0500humour should transcend everythinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163233#559163233humour should transcend everythingMon, 13 Apr 2020 03:15:13 -0500Yeh but nobody dares! it's pathetichttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163231#559163231Yeh but nobody dares! it's patheticMon, 13 Apr 2020 03:14:53 -0500Not sure I know what that means but people who blindly follow religions without questions are in my opinion ignorant. The best way to highlight their ignorance I believe is through humour not by telling them they are ignorant cave dwellers. Satire anhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163227#559163227Not sure I know what that means but people who blindly follow religions without questions are in my opinion ignorant. The best way to highlight their ignorance I believe is through humour not by telling them they are ignorant cave dwellers. Satire anMon, 13 Apr 2020 03:13:52 -0500https://twitter.com/DarrenPlymouth/status/1248490739736043520?s=20Normal behaviour!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163225#559163225https://twitter.com/DarrenPlymouth/status/1248490739736043520?s=20Normal behaviour!Mon, 13 Apr 2020 03:13:10 -0500Illegal migrants in Dover and Hastings yesterday. No-one will be sent back and no-one will be quarantined, yet we are not allowed on the beach to social distance.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31641935/the-bbc-is-too-scared-to-allow-islam-jokes-says-ben-elton?post_id=559163219#559163219Illegal migrants in Dover and Hastings yesterday. No-one will be sent back and no-one will be quarantined, yet we are not allowed on the beach to social distance.Mon, 13 Apr 2020 03:10:52 -0500