What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?
ROWAN ATKINSON
The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
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What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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I think you’re bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It’s not something you often do in comedy.
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I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It’s not as flip, irrelevant, and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.
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It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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I have to say that I’ve always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can’t let go.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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I have always worried about things more than I should.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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