The banning of Geert Wilder shows me two things.
Firstly, the government has little real regard for freedom of speech. I have been criticised in the past for my views on freedom of speech and I have little doubt I will be criticised again now. But if we allow this freedom to be eroded our children will pay the price, we are sleepwalking towards totalitarianism.
Secondly it shows me just how stuck in the past the government is. If the ban on Geert Wilder was designed to stop people in the UK from watching his film it failed dramatically. Any Labour minister reading thins blog, I have some news for you. There is this thing called the internet, it's got loads of things on it, including videos, some from overseas, some from Holland.
It took me about 10 seconds to find "Fitna", so much for protecting me from nasty ideas!
If you're thinking of watching this "shocking" film I wouldn't bother. Almost all the images are old news clippings that we've seen before and the argument has all the sophistication of bull elephant. It would be just as easy to take selected quotes from the bible and overlay them on images of Christians killing people.
The lesson learned is that ancient books have some very bloody advice in them and some people murder others in the name of religion. I think I knew that already.
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James
Personally I would have banned him for his dodgy haircut. It incited a form of hatred not seen since the early '80's!
James,
So where would you draw the line at what is permissible. A video that takes selective quotes and uses them to make a hateful & inciteful video.
I'm sure you and I won't go on a mosque burning trip tonight as a result, but there are some people who will see this as a justification for all sorts of nonsense.
The BNP & their cronies really don't need any encouragement. I probably wouldn't have banned him as everyone is now scouring the net for the clip, but I can understand the decision
Thankyou James from the bottom of my no doubt 'evil racist' white heart. My feelings on this are unprintable and don't misinterpret the 'radio silence' from most Brits on this. They didn't report Ahmed's threats to parliament. I stand with you brother to the death to protect our freedom of speech. I will not submit. I want no one's praise or aprobation.
Just as an aside, it's being shown at the Glasgow Film Festival.....
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