Christopher Hitchens in 2007 said in relation to the Danish cartoons that the ‘Barbarians’ are not at the gates they are inside them…gates held open by the other religions who condemned not the murderous violence but the cartoons. ..get used to this he said…you may be living in the last few years where you can complain about religion….we’re heading back to the stone age he forecast. A … Continue reading
Catherine Guilyardi puts the BBC’s Christian Fraser in his place:
Lord Hall has spoken.… The BBC will not change, it will not respond to criticism, it will not bow to naked bullying of those who demand accountability, transparency and reporting of a balanced and impartial nature. He also says his reporters will report ‘without fear or favour’….really? Publish this then: Not this…. Hall says… “There may be some – I hope only a few … Continue reading
Personally, I’ve never quite understood why so many of my co-religionists are so keen to kill or maim those who ‘insult’ Islam, Prophet Muhammad or the Quran. Media Hasan 2012 Errrr…scrub that…… Good old Media Hasan, that Islamist opportunistic chancer…thought we’d lost him for a while but he’s crawled out from under his stone to make a comment, finally, about Charlie Hebdo. Of course he was … Continue reading
Ok, time for a new one of these. Have the comrades at the BBC been bothering you? Detail the bias here!
The Telegraph tells us [The BBC website doesn’t]: Survey shows anti-Semitic views are common among Britons Antisemitic views have been shown to be rampant among British people according to the results of a new polls. Of course it doesn’t say which ‘British People’ are the ones who predominantly hold such views. Of course one of the factors in generating antipathy towards the Jews in those surveyed must be … Continue reading
The BBC has been warning us for years of the huge threat posed by the ‘Far Right’, battalions of whom were ready to strike at any moment with panzers rolling down the Mall and stormtroopers rounding up undocumented citizens for deportation. Seems it was all a bit far fetched. Far right in UK ‘weakest for 20 years’ Interesting to note how they conflate the BNP, the EDL … Continue reading
Having a mooch around looking at various Muslim reactions to recent events and I came across this letter from the Home Office to one of these so called ‘interfaith’ groups…..whether you believe in the genuine good intentions of those who set it up others can better inform you than me. … Continue reading
Throw in Fox News and it’s too much for BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins to resist: Farage tells Fox there hasn't been prosecution for FGM in UK. CPS tells me trial of 2 men for FGM offences begins Mon. Both plead not guilty — Ross Hawkins (@rosschawkins) January 13, 2015 Desperate stuff.
There is that old joke about ‘Hoping you’ll be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you’re there’…..and comes to collect you. Reminded of it by this cartoon:
