Rowan Atkinson attacks new rules that outlaw 'insulting words and behaviour'

Rowan Atkinson is demanding a change in the law to halt the 'creeping culture of censoriousness' which has seen the arrest of a Christian preacher, a critic of Scientology and even a student making a joke. The Blackadder and Mr Bean star criticised the 'new intolerance' behind controversial legislation which outlaws 'insulting words and behaviour'. Launching a fight for part of the Public Order Act to be repealed, he said it was having a 'chilling effect on free expression and free protest'.

source: Article < We must be free to insult each other: Rowan Atkinson attacks new rules that outlaw 'insulting words and behaviour' > by Daniel Martin; www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219385/Rowan-Atkinson-attacks-new-rules-outlaw-insulting-words-behaviour.html; Mail Online; 18 October 2012