I see the BBC was covering the issue of a German Court banning circumcision on Today this morning. It seems Angela Merkel is unhappy with this decision and the entire item was slated in terms of how Jewish people feel about it and the relationship between the German State and Jews. Towards the end of the item, the BBC added that Muslims were also opposed to the idea and were “united” with Jews in seeking to overturn this decision. It strikes me that perhaps the BBC could have added that Germany has some 4 MILLION Muslims and 120,000 Jews. I suspect the concerns Merkel holds are more driven by the views of the 4 million than the 120,000. A little context always helps.
THE FIRST CUT ..
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The BBC always reports facts… Just not all the facts!
well i don t think the bbc will be reporting this in its overwhelming limpic excitement … do you?
“Muslims Barred IOC from Honoring Murdered Israelis,”
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Israel Nat News
link
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157926#
just shows the duplicitous nature of islam, hatred to one side if it suits, otherwise business as usual.
Here’s another story you won’t find on the BBC website (trust me, I’ve searched for it): http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/07/16/christians-in-gaza-protesting-forced-conversions-to-islam/ doesn’t “sit well” with the default narrative I imagine.
Yup it exposes the bBC for the complete pricks they are
Nice one. 🙂
The BBC decided to focus on the Jews because unlike the Muslims they are pushy complainers who just don’t know what is good for them. Naturally their tentacles go right to the top of the German Government where they play on their completely unfounded guilt over the so-called Holocaust.
I would have inserted </SARC> tags but I am not sure I am being sarcastic.
“so-called Holocaust” ???? that tells me all I need to know about you; in fact, rather too much.
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By the way deegee, every time I try to visit your website I’m redirected immediately to some “web ring”.
Thank you for telling me that. Can we discuss the details? I sent my email to the Contact link for Biased BBC and asked them to pass it on to you when you contact them.
It seems to be fixed now. I can go to your home page or any of the pages that show on the RSS feed.
Previously I was directed within seconds to here, for example:
http://www.webring.org/hub/truthinthemiddle?w=1280;rh=http%3A%2F%2F5mfi.com%2F;rd=1
I think it was sarcasm/irony. deegee, I’m sure doesn’t think like that himself, but he paraphrases the BBC mindset.
If you really knew deegee you’d bite your tongue for saying that.
What I’m Larry David now.
Perhaps the BBC did not know that Muslims are also usually circumcised.
And not just the blokes!
Best ever exam howler was the answer
“In 1967 Sir Francis Chichester circumcised the world with his 40ft clipper”
Sorry 😉
Almost as bad as: ‘My friend said he used to go to strip clubs. He has fondle mammaries of that time.’
lol! 🙂
Anyone know the reason for the ban? I was under the impression that circumcision (male) was the preferred health option?
Or, as the OP says are they only ‘banning circumcision on Today’. Bit pointless on the radio I’d’ve thought. 🙂
It seems they were cutting “too deep and too fast”.
Well it’s no skin off my nose!
There are no health benefits, that’s a myth. This is an act of religious mutilation, plain and simple. The German courts quite rightly ruled that the rights of the child outweighed any supposed religious freedoms of the parents. Merkel should have stayed out of it with an election fast approaching, it obviously suited her to pander in these difficult times.
Tell the WHO that!
The WHO recommends it to reduce AIDS in Africa by up to 60%.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
There’s plenty of disagreement on this study, and the resulting policy…
http://www.examiner.com/article/stop-un-who-circumcision-prevents-hiv-lie-says-rights-group
http://www.avoiceformen.com/featured/politics-money-and-ideology-whos-circumcision-plan/
http://www.avoiceformen.com/featured/28000000-african-men-to-be-coerced-by-u-n-to-make-the-cut/
Someone is denying science. And your use of the term “pandering” speaks volumes. Jews that powerful in Germany, are they?
Usually those who protest strenuously against (male) circumcision have another motive.
Male circumcision for HIV prevention
No health benefit?
A myth?
Male Circumcision Is Medically Beneficial, Experts Say
Personally I think that any German Chancellor would be absoluely mad to be seen supporting any legislation that actively discriminates against jewish people (even if this was not the intention). The Moslem opinion here is irrelevant because the Germans did systematically murder millions of Jews and held them to be the incarnation of evil. It is therefore realistic for the BBC to focus on jewish opinion
Which BBC dept do you work in?
I am simply stating that no German, politician or otherwise, would risk even a hint of anti-semitism given their history – this is why the jewish opinion is so much more relevant than the opinions of the millions of Moslems in Germany
By the way I am not too pleased with the suggestion that I swim in the BBC cess pit. Just because I am not blaming the followers of the prophet for everything (including the bad weather) doesn’t mean that I am a fully paid up pupil of the Frankfurt school
Fair enough.
I apologise for being abrasive.
Erm given the huge popularity of Hitler and his plans in the Islamic world also the many instances of Nazi contact with Arab leaders who supplied troops and good faith to the German war machine I think that is of much more relevance to this story more of a splits and divisions motif for the Beeb to run with!
What the BBC probably won’t say is that this law was brought in because of a botched circumcision of a four year old Muslim child. This child nearly bled to death and was brought to a local hospital.
Aha! and there is the true context which the BBC are scared to include!
I missed the programme, but is the discussion about circumcision performed by doctors and experienced people, or by relatives, as is often the case with FGM?
Weird one really. It’s ok for the ROP to lop off the foreskin of a four month old against his will and mutilate his body yet catholic parents aren’t allowed to specify they want their kids to be adopted by straight catholic parents in the event oftheir untimely death. (the parents and not the kids)