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2004-07-11 Britain

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Posted by tipper 2004-07-11 11:47:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is damned terrifying. We're going to win abroad and come home to the same thing if we allow this to go on.

Posted by The Doctor 2004-07-11 12:43:24 PM|| 2004-07-11 12:43:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The crux of the matter to me.

"Abu?"

"Yes Lucky, you look wonderful today".

"Thanks Abu, but are you still beating your wife"?

"Oh no, no more, my good friend, she is dead by my own hands, my sweet, but I can assure you she died an honorable death."

"But thats barbarism Abu."

"Quiet Lucky, be carful what you say, be very careful, my pet, oh and what a nice tie, you are close to insulting me and all islam. That would be bad and there would be revenge. Vengenge is mine sayeth Abu. Would you like some tea and sweets?"

"Yes, yes I would, thank you, may I have another."

Posted by Lucky 2004-07-11 1:54:17 PM|| 2004-07-11 1:54:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The proposed law's an ass, indeed. I'm pretty confident this will be one of this government's knee-jerk proto-laws that is stifled by common sense before it even gets debated in Parliament. Even if anything so stupid were to be made law, it would be unworkable. What would happen when the first hate-speech 'martyrs' go on trial after complaints from touchy Muslims? There'd be uproar, that's what. The law would be revoked pdq.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-07-11 2:36:34 PM|| 2004-07-11 2:36:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I suppose that comment goes for the nutso animal cruelty laws in another article today. Only that law's got time on its side ('suffering' has yet to be proven scientifically for lower creatures, so prosecutions for stamping on slugs are some way off - though the immediate effect on blood sports is likely to be highly controversial).

Posted by Bulldog 2004-07-11 2:53:14 PM|| 2004-07-11 2:53:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If there is one single religion in desperate need of criticism, it is Islam. That its proponents seek to make it beyond reproach would be laughable if they weren't actually serious. The fact that they are serious shows how they are fanatics and therefore not to be trusted.

Britain is faced with committing slow suicide over this sort of legalistic drivel. I fear to say that Britain will need a 9-11 or two of their own before they wake up (if it isn't too late by then).

Posted by Zenster 2004-07-12 12:01:17 AM|| 2004-07-12 12:01:17 AM|| Front Page Top

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