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oikujhyghjm on Nov 30, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?

The difference is in 1979 it wasn only illegal to blaspheme against the church of England.

Today in more enlightened times it's illegal to make jokes about any religion, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rowan-atkinso...

hristov on Nov 30, 2009 [–]

Did that law get passed?

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