Comments on: Why do the Brits hate free speech? http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maggie's Farm http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-901 Maggie's Farm Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:21:15 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-901 <strong>Friday Links</strong> Photo: Artist's image of the new Gerald Ford Class.George Mason has a new first year course, and it looks like good fun.Should a Catholic university host a Clinton campaign event? BainbridgeA reporter writes a ranting screed against amateur journalismDoes Friday Links

Photo: Artist’s image of the new Gerald Ford Class.George Mason has a new first year course, and it looks like good fun.Should a Catholic university host a Clinton campaign event? BainbridgeA reporter writes a ranting screed against amateur journalismDoes

]]> By: Dennis http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-900 Dennis Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:59:03 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-900 The news from Britain only gets worse. Check out this story posted by J. Botum today at First Things: The Anglican bishop of Hereford has been fined £47,345 and ordered to undergo “equal opportunities training” for failing to hire an active homosexual who applied for a position working with young people in the diocese. Perhaps, following the advice of his archbishop, he should have asked for his case to be tried according to sharia law. The contradiction between the two sides of multiculturalism—the “Let the Muslims be Muslims” side and “Force everyone to accept gays” side—can’t get much clearer than it’s managing in England, can it? The news from Britain only gets worse. Check out this story posted by J. Botum today at First Things:

The Anglican bishop of Hereford has been fined £47,345 and ordered to undergo “equal opportunities training” for failing to hire an active homosexual who applied for a position working with young people in the diocese.
Perhaps, following the advice of his archbishop, he should have asked for his case to be tried according to sharia law. The contradiction between the two sides of multiculturalism—the “Let the Muslims be Muslims” side and “Force everyone to accept gays” side—can’t get much clearer than it’s managing in England, can it?

]]> By: Frank Slattery http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-899 Frank Slattery Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:45:07 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-899 The problem with The Brits is not only that they hate free speech but now they are also trying to proscribe how people can speak: refusal to call "Islamic terrorism" by it's correct name etc. Gordon Browne and his government are all British and none of them seem to have read Orwell. If they did they would know where this road leads The problem with The Brits is not only that they hate free speech but now they are also trying to proscribe how people can speak: refusal to call “Islamic terrorism” by it’s correct name etc. Gordon Browne and his government are all British and none of them seem to have read Orwell. If they did they would know where this road leads

]]> By: Dennis http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-898 Dennis Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:27:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-898 Farewell, Britain! You served Western, Christian culture well for centuries. We'll miss you. Farewell, Britain! You served Western, Christian culture well for centuries. We’ll miss you.

]]> By: John Frary http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-897 John Frary Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:21:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-897 From Sir Winston Churchill to Sir Casper Milquetoast just in my lifetime; makes me feel ancient. From Sir Winston Churchill to Sir Casper Milquetoast just in my lifetime; makes me feel ancient.

]]> By: Paul http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-896 Paul Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:13:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-896 The worth of that multicultural insouciance of the Archbishop's can best be judged by the following thought experiment: Imagine that a senior Imam, somewhere in an officially Muslim country (at least as England is an officially Christian one), were to announce to the press his serious, public proposal that, for any Christians or Jews (ha!) living in that country, Christian or Jewish law can supersede and replace that country's laws, incuding, as relevant, sharia. Imagine what would happen to him. I sense that the Brits are too far gone in their own multicultural self-righteousnes to laugh at this man as he should be laughed at. The tragedy is that his is not a truly unusual within his church, nowadays. The worth of that multicultural insouciance of the Archbishop’s can best be judged by the following thought experiment: Imagine that a senior Imam, somewhere in an officially Muslim country (at least as England is an officially Christian one), were to announce to the press his serious, public proposal that, for any Christians or Jews (ha!) living in that country, Christian or Jewish law can supersede and replace that country’s laws, incuding, as relevant, sharia. Imagine what would happen to him.

I sense that the Brits are too far gone in their own multicultural self-righteousnes to laugh at this man as he should be laughed at. The tragedy is that his is not a truly unusual within his church, nowadays.

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-895 David Thomson Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:08:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-895 Great Britain's decline may have started with the era of Mahatma Gandhi. Only a guilt tripped white person could take seriously such a weird human being. Gandhi was goofier than a fruit cake. Things seemed to have rapidly deteriorated after that. Leftist British intellectuals neverendingly told the indigenous citizenry that it was guilty of racism and imperialistic policies. Their listeners eventually started to believe that they were truly the scum of the Earth---and had no right to ever take to task the evil deeds of dark skin people. Great Britain’s decline may have started with the era of Mahatma Gandhi. Only a guilt tripped white person could take seriously such a weird human being. Gandhi was goofier than a fruit cake. Things seemed to have rapidly deteriorated after that. Leftist British intellectuals neverendingly told the indigenous citizenry that it was guilty of racism and imperialistic policies. Their listeners eventually started to believe that they were truly the scum of the Earth—and had no right to ever take to task the evil deeds of dark skin people.

]]> By: Tom Grey http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why_do_the_brits_hate_free_spe/#comment-894 Tom Grey Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:47:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/02/11/why-do-the-brits-hate-free-speech/#comment-894 The usual brits love free speech, it's the PC elites that hate it. Especially if it's true and contradicts the current fad in the pretentious elite circles. The usual brits love free speech, it’s the PC elites that hate it.

Especially if it’s true and contradicts the current fad in the pretentious elite circles.

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