Q: Is it a fine line between comedy and terrorism?
A: When in Rome, yes. When it comes to stand-up about the Pope, the line between jokes and terror is so fine as to be non-existent.
There is nothing humorous about Pope Benedict XVI's hat.
REUTERS: Vatican calls verbal attack on Pope "terrorism"
The Vatican's official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of "terrorism" for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence.In the Pope's defense, just listen to these edgy, edgy, edgy zingers from comedian Andrea Rivera!
In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L'Osservatore Romano said a presenter of a televised May Day rock concert, which is sponsored by Italy's labor unions, had launched "vile attacks" on Pope Benedict in front of an "excitable crowd." "This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks on the Church," it said.
"The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution. I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved," he said.OH SNAP!
He also criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor agreed to unplug his respirator.ZING! Yep, I can barely tell the difference between those one-liners and a man strapping himself with explosives and blowing up a bus. It's practically the same thing. I'm surprised anyone made it out of there alive.
"I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby but that wasn't the case for Pinochet or Franco," he said.
In a related story, Osama bin Laden, who is not dead, has been making headlines in all the local cave newspapers along the Afghan/Pakistani border, after unveiling his racy new terror-based stand-up routine.
Oseinfeld bin Laden: Audiences are laughing to death.
Unfortunately, it turns out he stole most of his act from Louis CK.
