Baroness Doesn’t Open New Mall

Baroness Doesn’t Open New Mall

>> SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010

I’ve been watching Baroness Ashton being chaperoned around Gaza by John Ging. He has been showing her the wonderful schools run by UNWRA, which teach children wonderful things not about hatred, and Baroness Ashton has been a good baroness and hasn’t talked to Hamas.
Something about what I said the other day makes me suspect someone’s being economical with the actuality. Could these UNWRA schools be not quite what they seem?
“there are posters of martyrs on the walls of the schools and in the homes of UNRWA staff. Worse still, UNRWA workers are essentially members of Hamas:”

Furthermore, the BBC hasn’t breathed a word about the new shopping mall that has been opened. I thought the Baroness could at least have been asked to perform the opening ceremony, but apparently not.
I guess that might have spoiled the effect of what the Baroness said, fighting back the the sobs. “Although Israel has eased the blockade, it still isn’t enough.”

Let Political and media commentator Tom Gross take up the tale.

“UPDATE, Sunday July 18, 2010:
“Some journalists who subscribe to this list have asked me for a quote. You are welcome to use the following.

“On a day when (because EU Foreign Policy Chief Baroness Ashton is in Gaza) the BBC and other media have featured extensive reports all day long on what they term the dire economic situation in Gaza, why are they not mentioning the new shopping mall that opened there yesterday?

“When leading news outlets mention the so-called humanitarian flotillas from Turkey, why do they omit the fact that life expectancy and literacy rates are higher, and infant mortality rates are lower in Gaza than corresponding rates in Turkey? Have they considered that perhaps the humanitarian flotillas ought to be going in the other direction, towards Turkey?”

To Ban or not to Ban

Ed Stourton asked for our views on the burqa. I didn’t know he cared, but now I do, here’s mine.
I hate the burqa because it tells me that the wearer hates me. On the other hand, it’s hilarious. I’m against banning it because using the law as a sticking plaster to cover a self-inflicted wound is too little too late.

Anyway, banning the burqa would give them yet another thing to gripe about. Better to simply stop pandering to an ideology that we should never have encouraged in the first place. Stop building special toilets and prayer rooms and don’t put up with ridiculous anti-human cultural practices.

It’s daft to argue that it’s liberating to be free to advertise your ideological opposition to liberty. Waving banners saying “down with democracy!” is as pointless as campaigning against campaigning.

The ‘liberal’ pro burqa argument, that it’s no different to a hoodie or a crash helmet, a balaclava or a disguise, skirts round the issue. What makes us uneasy isn’t really our concern that the woman might have been coerced. Nor is related to claims that strict modesty regulations aren’t a genuine requisite of the amorphous mystery that people call ‘true Islam,’ or the ‘real’, or the ‘continuity’ Islam I’ve just invented.

No it’s the simple fact that we don’t like anyone flaunting alien beliefs. We don’t like people wearing SS uniforms, specially Prince Harry. We don’t like it, but it’s not illegal. If I want to wear a burqa to a fancy dress party, let me, please.
There’s no law against parading around in jackboots and swastikas. A law’s unnecessary because Hitler’s ideology is considered unacceptable. If you do go round dressed as a Nazi you limit your credibility as a member of HRW or some such. If it took a whole new law to indicate that we see burqa wearing as a symbol of defiance and perfidiousness and that Britain disapproves, it would be more of a sadness than a triumph.
Tell Ed Stourton and the BBC to stop self-hating and resume normal service as soon as possible. Back to core values. Then it might not be necessary to resort to banning the burqa by law because people might just not want to wear the wretched garment.

A Jeremy Bowen Moment In Grenoble?

Just another lively night in Grenoble according to the Beeb website....an armed gang robbed the local casino, police chased them, one of the robbers fired back and wounded an officer. The French police, instead of assembling a team of negotiators and counsellors, shot him dead.

Parts of the city then erupted in riots as “protestors” demonstrated against police brutality.

At first sight his sounds a little strange – is Grenoble the headquarters of the French mafia? Is every other local a gangster?

But then the BBC drops a clue. The dead robber’s name was Karim Boudouba who, it seems, has three previous convictions for armed robbery. Naturally he now becomes Mr Bourdouba – and you know the the Beeb is salivating.....

Mr Boudouda, 27, had three previous convictions for armed robbery.
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The riot erupted after a memorial service for Mr Boudouda.

THE GITMO STORY THE BBC DOES NOT COVER...

>> SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2010

Yes, we know the refrain well enough by now. Those wicked Americans tortured all the poor innocent lambs held in captivity at Guantanamo and justice must be done. The BBC ran another story on this earlier today investigating British "collusion" on "torture" Here's a story the BBC seems unaware of, wonder why?