David Ward is a Member of Parliament. He wrote:
"The big question is - if I lived in Gaza would I fire a rocket? - probably yes"
The reaction by the political elite to this reasonable comment about the state of the Palestinians in Gaza was extreme. A Lib-Dem spokesman said that this would be treated as a disciplinary issue.
The postmodern tory chairman, Grant Shapps, said:
"No MP should tweet what's essentially incitement to violence. Completely irresponsible."
A labour spokesman said it was a: "vile comment from a desperate Lib Dem MP".
It is strange that any discussion of conflict zones, especially sympathy with the human plight of people in these zones is now seen as providing succour to terrorists. The BBC radio coverage of Ward's comment had the tone of condemning someone who had violated the anti-terrorism legislation. This corrosive effect of the anti-terrorism legislation had been widely predicted when it was first passed and David Anderson QC the Reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation drew attention to this problem on Monday.
Anderson said that:
"I think the problem .... is the way the bar is set. It is enough that you are trying to influence the Government for political reasons. In most other countries you need to have to intimidate the government or coerce the government before you can be a terrorist."
In other words the anti-terrorist legislation abolishes free speech. Any free speech that does occur is the gift of our Government and not allowed as a Right.
If you are "trying to influence the Government for political reasons" you can break the law.
After more than a decade there is no sign of these heinous "anti-terror" laws being repealed or modified. The true achievement of Al Qaeda was to destroy centuries of freedom in our country at a stroke. The reason that this happened is that 9/11 coincided with a massive subversive attack on the West by postmodernists and postmarxists and so the UK was ripe for repression. In the same way as Stalin used anti-terrorism legislation to ensure that Russia became Marxist the Postmodernists are using the "anti-terrorist" ploy to cement their influence.
Anti-Terrorism legislation is the route by which democracy is destroyed and repressed. Are the postmodern political elite in Britain unaware that in Saudi Arabia the anti terrorism laws are used to suppress atheism in the same way as they are used to suppress Islam in the West? Or are the elite ruling the country in the same way as medieval despots, so convinced of their own political correctness that they cannot conceive that they, themselves, might be the evil?
The British always prided themselves on being courageous enough to take terrorism on the chin rather than crush freedom. Londoners spent decades risking death by the IRA rather than allowing draconian anti-terrorism laws to destroy our freedom but now we are postmodern cowards.
In China blogging democrats are jailed for free speech as terrorists. In Ethiopia journalists are imprisoned as terrorists. In Egypt Journalists are imprisoned as terrorists. In Britain the postmodern media is busy agitating for ever greater "safety" through tighter anti-terrorism laws.
"The big question is - if I lived in Gaza would I fire a rocket? - probably yes"
The reaction by the political elite to this reasonable comment about the state of the Palestinians in Gaza was extreme. A Lib-Dem spokesman said that this would be treated as a disciplinary issue.
The postmodern tory chairman, Grant Shapps, said:
"No MP should tweet what's essentially incitement to violence. Completely irresponsible."
A labour spokesman said it was a: "vile comment from a desperate Lib Dem MP".
Anderson said that:
"I think the problem .... is the way the bar is set. It is enough that you are trying to influence the Government for political reasons. In most other countries you need to have to intimidate the government or coerce the government before you can be a terrorist."
In other words the anti-terrorist legislation abolishes free speech. Any free speech that does occur is the gift of our Government and not allowed as a Right.
If you are "trying to influence the Government for political reasons" you can break the law.
After more than a decade there is no sign of these heinous "anti-terror" laws being repealed or modified. The true achievement of Al Qaeda was to destroy centuries of freedom in our country at a stroke. The reason that this happened is that 9/11 coincided with a massive subversive attack on the West by postmodernists and postmarxists and so the UK was ripe for repression. In the same way as Stalin used anti-terrorism legislation to ensure that Russia became Marxist the Postmodernists are using the "anti-terrorist" ploy to cement their influence.
Anti-Terrorism legislation is the route by which democracy is destroyed and repressed. Are the postmodern political elite in Britain unaware that in Saudi Arabia the anti terrorism laws are used to suppress atheism in the same way as they are used to suppress Islam in the West? Or are the elite ruling the country in the same way as medieval despots, so convinced of their own political correctness that they cannot conceive that they, themselves, might be the evil?
The British always prided themselves on being courageous enough to take terrorism on the chin rather than crush freedom. Londoners spent decades risking death by the IRA rather than allowing draconian anti-terrorism laws to destroy our freedom but now we are postmodern cowards.
In China blogging democrats are jailed for free speech as terrorists. In Ethiopia journalists are imprisoned as terrorists. In Egypt Journalists are imprisoned as terrorists. In Britain the postmodern media is busy agitating for ever greater "safety" through tighter anti-terrorism laws.
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