Well. It Could be Worse
Just imagine what will happen once Turkey joins the European Union!
Austrian Gerhard Haderer's story depicts Christ as a binge-drinking friend of Jimi Hendrix and a naked surfer high on cannabis. This attempt at satire has landed the writer in trouble in Greece.
"Haderer did not even know that his book, The Life of Jesus, had been published in Greece until he received a summons to appear in court in Athens in January charged with blasphemy.
Austrian Gerhard Haderer's story depicts Christ as a binge-drinking friend of Jimi Hendrix and a naked surfer high on cannabis. This attempt at satire has landed the writer in trouble in Greece.
"Haderer did not even know that his book, The Life of Jesus, had been published in Greece until he received a summons to appear in court in Athens in January charged with blasphemy.
He was given a six-month suspended sentence in absentia, but if he loses his appeal next month his sentence could be increased to two years.
Haderer's book is the first to be banned in Greece for more than 20 years, and he is the first artist to fall prey of the European arrest warrant system since it was introduced in June 2002."
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