Allegations of blasphemy
In November 2006, a 94-year-old woman from Selbu Municipality brought blasphemy charges against Adresseavisen , a Trondheim-based newspaper that published M, over the content of two strips. [3] In both, Jesus Christ is seen advertising for different products, such as "Pilate's crucifixion cream for manly men". The woman who pressed charges stated that "this has nothing to do with freedom of speech. This is much worse than the Muhammad cartoons." Eriksen responded that M is a strip that pokes fun at all sorts of myths, both old and new. A few days later, Dagbladet published a strip in which Mads wins a boxing match against God on a walkover. [4]
No further action was taken, and there has been no censorship in Norway over charges of blasphemy content since Life of Brian was banned from cinemas in 1979. [3]
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