Stewart Lee
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And it wasn't a nappy, it was a loincloth.
But the story became that it was a nappy.
But also with Stephen Green, there was a very specific agenda, which is that you wouldn't have done this about another religion, specifically Islam.
And actually you wouldn't have done it.
Now the reason I wouldn't have done it about Islam
was that you wanted something that was commonly understood, right?
And in the West, whether it's Milton or Nick Cave, a commonly understood trope is the Christian religion.
It's a commonly understood thing where you can...
You can use elements of those stories to tell a story.
Islam's not commonly understood.
Of course, what became immediately clear sometime later is another reason you wouldn't have done it about Islam is because some supporters of that religion would have taken violent retribution on any representation of it.
Although I think the South Park depiction of Muhammad is still knocking about somewhere.
But the people surrounding Christian Voice had a whole...
ragbag of things.
They were homophobic.
Yeah, they were.
Is he still knocking around?
Well, yeah.
I mean, Tufton Street tried to get him on the board of the National Trust three years ago.
So he's still knocking around.