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Friday, January 16, 2009 David Vance # General BBC-related comment thread. Please use this thread for comments about the BBC's current programming and activities. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog - scroll down for new topic-specific posts. N.B. This is not an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Thoughtful comments are encouraged. Comments may also be moderated. Any suggestions for stories that you might like covered would be appreciated! It's your space, use it wisely. Comments: 57 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # TRUCE OR HUDNA? I am sure that the BBC knows the difference between a truce and a hudnaso why does this report make reference to Hamas offering a 12 month truce? I reckon that after the pounding Hamastan has taken it will need at least 12 months to rebuild itself militarily. A hudna is of no benefit to Israel and yet that is what is being retailed by the likes of the BBC as the best possible outcome. I hope Israel is more precise in what it accepts from Hamas than the BBC. Comments: 25 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # REPARATIONS NOW? I noticed that the BBC ran an item on "Today" this morning concerning the demands from some of those who have suffered grievously at the hands of the IRA for financial compensation from Libya which supplied the IRA with weaponry. Fair enough, but I'm just wondering why the BBC reporter did not see fit to enquire why it might not be quicker to seek reparations for IRA murder... from the IRA? Their senior leaders are now seated in the government of Northern Ireland and their organisation is flush with cash. I know it's not quite bias, but it is an obvious question and one that the BBC does not ask. Why? Are some questions forbidden? Comments: 4 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE SPURIOUS COMPARISONS I see that on last evening's BBC "Question Time" Shaun "Where's my butler?" Woodward was trotting out the line that what has happened in Northern Ireland presents a template that should be used to bring ABOUT "peace" in the Middle East. I just wanted to say how utterly trite and disingenuous this is on so many levels and at the risk of being indulgent I would suggest that if you want to understand the unbelievable depravity and moral relativism that Woodward was waxing lyrical about, you could do worse than invest in a copy of my book "Unionism Decayed" which takes apart the appeasement process of which Mr Woodward and the rest of the intelligentsia including the BBC are so proud. Here endeth the commercial!