How do you know when you’re angry? Me, it’s when I start SHOUTING at the radio.
This morning I heard that Tony Blair had unveiled new laws to fight terrorism: foreign fanatics who preach violence in Britain will be kicked out and some radical Islamic groups will be banned. Not before time, I say. Everyone in the Western world is wondering why those people have been allowed to spout such offensive stuff for so long. All in the name of so-called tolerance and multi-culturalism. Problem is, in the UK, that’s synonymous with ignorance and apathy.
Of course, the lawyers are up in arms. “… let’s kill all the lawyers!”, as one of Shakespeare’s characters advocates. I should be concerned about the fate of people who tell me to my face that they want to kill me.Yeah, right!
Anyway, what made me mad as hell was this: a moderate Muslim official was asked his opinion on the new measures. He approved of them, he said, because, as a British-born Muslim, he didn’t want anyone threatening his fellow citizens with suicide bombings. However, he added, he was really worried that it would mean preachers couldn’t support suicide bombers in Israel.
My throat is still sore from shouting. I hardly have the energy to slap him and all who think like him.
Friday 5 August 2005
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Sorry you feel so bad, dear J.
ReplyDeleteJust like how your thoat would feel if you lived in the good ole' U.S.A. with Bush as your President!!!
There are days, when I feel as if I could resort to violence.
Be well.
My blood is constantly boiling.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I can resort to violence nearly every day on this blog, B. :-)
Makes, me sick, sick, sick. Of course, if this was the USA, you'd get the ACLU trying to sue the government for encroaching on 'freedom of speech'. I am so angry with this whole situation. The politically correct garbage just makes the situation worse. Now the NYPD are getting sued for doing 'random' bag checking at the railway stations in NY. If these people have nothing to hide, then why are they complaining about bag searches? I'd be only too happy to have my bag searched if it meant better safety and security. It's a rotten situation.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think it's all a nightmare, and I'm going to wake up and find that I do live on a planet where common sense rules, but unfortunately...
ReplyDeleteG-d forbid one shouldn't be free to condone the murder of innocent people, eh! The fact that the interviewer didn't even query what that man said made me scream in disbelief.
this was sent to me in e-mail yesterday:
ReplyDelete"Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following simple multiple choice test. The events are actual cuts from past history. Do you remember?
1. In 1968, Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by
a. Superman
b. Jay Leno
c. Harry Potter
d. a Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40
2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by
a. Olga Korbut
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered
and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a. Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
Racial profiling? hmmmm...
I was sent that after 9/11 by a friend. The list stopped at No.11. It was true then; it's even truer now. "13. On 7/7/2005 three underground trains and one bus blew up in London almost simultaneously. Fifty-two people died and hundreds were injured...."
ReplyDeleteI''m not familiar with this subject but interesed.
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