British gubment will pay the price in the long run for coddling radical islamist...
Shooting the Messenger
June 26, 2013
By Frontpage Editors
Speakers Corner at Hyde Park, London was once renowned for being the embodiment of freedom of speech where anyone could appear and speak about anything. In recent years, Islamist speakers have flocked to Hyde Park to deliver their rants and rampages.
A British convert to Islam declaimed there, I do not believe that absolute freedom of speech is a good thing. The West doesnt really believe in that freedom either. No one is free to say exactly what they want.
The British authorities have come around to agreeing with him. Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller have been informed that they are banned from the United Kingdom.
The letter to Robert Spencer informs him, in Orwellian language, that the Home Secretary believes that he should be excluded from the United Kingdom on the grounds that your presence here is not conducive to the public good.
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A Wikileaks cable revealed that fear of offending Muslims convinced British governments to grant asylum to Islamist leaders. And now fear of offending Muslims has convinced the British government to keep out the people warning of the danger.
Instead of banning the terrorists, the UK has banned the messenger.
It is a tragic day for Western civilization.
Shooting the Messenger | FrontPage Magazine
Shooting the Messenger
June 26, 2013
By Frontpage Editors
Speakers Corner at Hyde Park, London was once renowned for being the embodiment of freedom of speech where anyone could appear and speak about anything. In recent years, Islamist speakers have flocked to Hyde Park to deliver their rants and rampages.
A British convert to Islam declaimed there, I do not believe that absolute freedom of speech is a good thing. The West doesnt really believe in that freedom either. No one is free to say exactly what they want.
The British authorities have come around to agreeing with him. Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller have been informed that they are banned from the United Kingdom.
The letter to Robert Spencer informs him, in Orwellian language, that the Home Secretary believes that he should be excluded from the United Kingdom on the grounds that your presence here is not conducive to the public good.
...
A Wikileaks cable revealed that fear of offending Muslims convinced British governments to grant asylum to Islamist leaders. And now fear of offending Muslims has convinced the British government to keep out the people warning of the danger.
Instead of banning the terrorists, the UK has banned the messenger.
It is a tragic day for Western civilization.
Shooting the Messenger | FrontPage Magazine