I watched Sky news last night in absolute amazement at the live pictures of the Oxford union being 'stormed' by anti BNP protestors 'Unite Against Fascism' attempting to stop BNP leader Nick Griffin - attending by invite to debate on 'free speech' The irony of upholding democracy by removing the right of free speech seemed lost on the protestors, who argued that infact they were not attempting to stop free speech but to stop Nick Griffin having a platform to air his 'abhorrent' views, can somebody please enlighten me?
The debacle has raised in my opinion several interesting questions firstly 'Unite Against Fascism' the Jewish Society, and the Islamic Society collaborated to ensure 'a strong and united protest' surely a case of the pot calling the kettle black - Wikipedia defines fascism as an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the interests of the state, replace 'political' with 'religious' and the definition would describe any Islamic state perfectly, the hypocrisy is astounding.
Take a look at the BNP website for example Hitler, skinheads and the propaganda of hate? er no actually not a swastika in sight. Please do take a look if only out of a sense of curiosity, highly professional well written and boasting a manifesto full of common sense, http://www.bnp.org.uk/
Considering last nights events my question is - who are the REAL fascists? answers on a postcard please...
AYATOLLAH
On one hand the entire EU preaches free speech, on the other hand, they jail people for simply saying they dont believe World War 2 ever happened. That is how rediculous we look to outsiders. No wonder they dont respect us. We dont even respect our own values.