Independant: “As MPs vote on whether to go ahead with a Bill that could outlaw religious jokes, we celebrate comedy’s finest at their blasphemous best” I always think that a society’s toleration of jokes about anything, is a fine sign of its level of being benign. My favorite is the Emo Philips one: “I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: ‘Stop. Don’t do it.’ ‘Why shouldn’t I?’ he asked. ‘Well, there’s so much to live for!’ ‘Like what?’ ‘Are you religious?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ I said. ‘Me too. Are you Christian or Buddhist?’ ‘Christian.’ ‘Me too. Are you Catholic or Protestant?’ ‘Protestant.’ ‘Me too. Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?’ ‘Baptist.’ ‘Wow. Me too. Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?’ ‘Baptist Church of God.’ ‘Me too. Are…
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