Committee on Virgins
The news that Billy Connolly is being treated for the early stages of Parkinson's Disease and has had a successful operation for early stage prostrate cancer - deserves nothing less than the sight of the Big Yin at his glorious best.
So here's Billy in full flow - I hope he continues in a similar vein for many years to come.
With so many atrocities around the world committed in the name of one religion or another - sometimes there's nothing better than to have a good laugh at the complete insanity of these murderous people who say they are fulfilling a religious duty and acting in God's name.
Because laughing at someone or something that is desperate to control your life is a very powerful thing to do - much better than trying to reason with people of faith who 'know' they're right as a result of their special hotline to God.
Committee On Virgins (21 February 2013)
Life is full of wonderful contradictions - you've got to admit.
On one occasion a serious author author - Salman Rushdie - writes an obscure book about the Islamic faith - The Satanic Verses - and all hell breaks loose.
The Ayatollah of Iran swiftly issues a 'fatwa' - a religious order - proclaiming that it is the duty of all good Muslims to murder Salman Rushdie on sight for insulting Islam.
Yet the 'religious believers' who are so keen to murder another human being - have never read the book and can offer no insight into its contents - simply that's it is or was 'blasphemous'.
I suppose it's a bit like the Pope or Archbishop of Canterbury demanding that Monty Python be put to death in some cruel way - for making 'Life of Brian'.
Some years later the Scots comedian - Billy Connolly - does a wickedly funny piece in one of his stand up routines which slates all religions - but does a particular number on Islam.
Yet nobody cries 'blashphemy' - or calls upon devout Muslims to cut off the comedian's head - while it's still attached to the rest of his body.
So here's a YouTube video of Billy Connolly at his irreverent best - I can't imagine living in a society where to poke fun at suicide killers - would be a religious crime.
