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February 08, 2006
Questions of balance
The shouting and the tumult has not yet died down over the "Mohammed Cartoons", nor is it likely to until the focus of the mass media shifts away from the ranting rent-a-mobs to something else. Interestingly the Police, who only last summer saw no problem with attacking the orderly Countryside Alliance protesters with batons and teargas, opted to adopt a "softly, softly" approach to the ranting mobs waving demands for the beheading of those who "insult Islam" and for Jihad and war on the EU. It seems that it is alright to attack law abiding and upper income bracket taxpayers, but not baying packs of fundamentalists - particularly if they are from a "disadvantaged minority".
At least the police's tactics are now being called into question and they have, reluctantly, issued a statement declaring that they are examining film footage to see if charges can be brought of incitement. Had that been a crownd of white "English" people waving similar placards, you can be certain that they would have been attacked and up before the Magistrates by now, but then, that would be different, wouldn't it? After all, white English people protesting must be members of the Far Right, aren't they? Definitely enemies of the State and of the nice Mr Blair's vision of a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Britain. A vision which, with the recent conviction of that peace-loving promoter of harmonious relations, Abu Hamza for "incitement to murder" and the re-arrest of the clown who dressed up as a bomber for the protest at the Danish Embassy, is beginning to look a little frayed!
All of this calls into question the balance at present between what is acceptable behaviour or demands from one section of the community and that which may be exercised by another. Why has it taken so long and so much pressure from the "silent majority" to get this to happen? This is really the whole of the problem, and not least, the reason why the rather small circulation Danish paper published the cartoons in the first place. The EU is at present being "invaded" by large numbers of people seeking a better life than they can hope for in their own countries of origin for a wide variety of reasons. As with the ancient Roman Empire, where a similar thing happened, eventaully you have entire cities being taken over by large groups from cultures totally alien to the culture that they admired enough to want to live in it. That is when the lines start to blur, as slowly the emmigrants culture starts to dominate, and soon the original inhabitants are in a minority in their own land. Islamic invaders have done this several times over the last thousand years, not least in the Middle East where they infiltrated, then dominated the Southern half of the Byzantine Empire, gradually taking control by means of the steady movement of their own people into key posts. When this failed, they called up armies and seized power by force of arms. An item by a news reporter called Mark Stein actually sums up very well the dilemma we all face in this stupid drive to create a "muli-cultural" paradise - and says why he belives it cannot work.
As Mr Stein points out, the "invaders" have often been aided and abetted by legislatures who have tried to "preserve" principles of fairness and advantage by resorting to legislation - which almost inevitably results in abuse and conflict. The present efforts in the UK and the EU to "give equal status" are in fact nothing of the sort, it is a shor cut to the undermining of the entire Western tradition and handing over the cultural leadership and control to the extremists. That is not healthy and will achieve nothing but the subjugation of Europe and quite possibly the entire Western democratic ideal to the corrupt and draconian dictatorship concepts promoted by the Sharia exponents of the Muslim fanatic persuassion.
While I see no benefit in deliberately seeking to cause affront to the Muslim communities, I would also say that they had better learn to show the same respect and consideration for those whose countries they wish to reside in. In the meantime, perhaps our own politicians should begin to defend our much eroded "liberties" a bit better - and perhaps get the police to address the question of balance and fairness properly - instead of following the Commissioners latest politically correct dictat.
It begins to seem to many of us, that the "institutional racism" is endemic - in the minds and actions of the politically correct commissars currently managing the civil service and the police! I wonder how the government's Thought Police would respond to anything like the cartoons available in the Arab press and thoughtfully provided by the "Honest Reporting" site. Probably tell us that they're OK - after all they aren't religiously inspired, are they?
And just to show a bit of "balance" I found a website which gives a very large number of images of the Prophet Mohammed - the vast majority drawn by Muslims.
Posted by The Gray Monk at February 8, 2006 03:26 PM
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