Religion as the eternal enema of satire.

Life of Brian would be risky now, says Terry Jones; Monty Python star claims making satire now would be too risky following resurgence in religious belief, in The Guardian

... The 69-year-old said: "I took the view it wasn't blasphemous. It was heretical because it criticised the structure of the church and the way it interpreted the Gospels. At the time religion seemed to be on the back burner and it felt like kicking a dead donkey. It has come back with a vengeance and we'd think twice about making it now."