If you're a "protester" and you don't know what you are protesting, it doesn't speak well for your cause. If you're a professional protester, being paid by the likes of scum like George Soros, you're an idiot that needs to find a real job. And, so it is with these organized demonstrations for terrorist Gaza-- you don't need a brain, you don't need to know the actual situation-- you just need to be able to stand on your feet and make noise. The world will be impressed by you.
I think the problem is any theatre producing it would live in fear ofd getting attacked and firebombed - in the same way Synagogue’s in Sweden have been.
I walked past a “protest” group in London and each day I asked them about the innocent women and children who were massacred by Hamas, and they all ignored me. Then on my last walk to Euston station I shouted “Kill the Jews” and they all laughed.
Nice piece John. From reading recent news of what is happening in the UK, you seem to be painting way too optimistic of a portrayal of UK law enforcement. I am sure that level headed and sensible detectives and prosecutors exist there, but the system as a whole seems to be disintegrating. What do you think?
I think what has happened in many UK police forces, though I can only really talk about the MET, covering London, is that for years they were a predominantly white force, with many accusations of internal racism. This has two effects: one, they started going light on stop and search, because many of those searched for knives were black, so again the cry of racism would arise. Plus also they were instructed to go softly on Muslim-related crime, or hold back on it, again for fear of the racism cry. This is why things went so slowly or were held back on the grooming-rape gangs.
Meanwhile, there have been a number of black officers join the police - but that shadow of the 'racist' cry emerging still hangs over them.
and therein lies the problem. The socio-political system has got to the point where you would let go of a crime out of fear of being politically incorrect. The true political correctness and inclusiveness should be built on the premise that any murderer, rapist or terrorist would be punished, regardless of the colour of their skin or their religion. What ever happened to the Rule of Law, where *everyone* is answerable to the law?
I always like your mock dialogues man. I was hoping the DS would call in the DI, or the DI had to waive of the DS, get a whole good cop/bad cop dynamic. That’s been done to death, so hackneyed, I don’t really blame you for not. The subject’s willingness to acknowledge or atone for his ‘crime’ —struck me as unbelievable. Some of these people will come around when presented with a full representation of the facts. Unfortunately, for a lot of these types, that’s not at all what this is about.
My apologies, but your “interview” of a protestor is a thinly disguised piece of propaganda. No interview, by either a police officer or a journalist is an attempt to educate and convert others to your POV. Its actually insulting to your readers.
As clearly stated, it is satire - with the aim of focusing on just how lacking in knowledge of the conflict most protesters are before hitting the streets with a banner. And I would argue that the main people guilty of 'propoganda' are those feeding the protesters with buzz-word terms such as 'occupation' and 'genocide' to get them to hit the streets in the first place.
While I would agree that the vast majority of protestors are indeed ignorant to much of the details, nonetheless there is one critical overriding “detail” which cannot be denied, and that is the ongoing denial of human, civil and political rights to Palestinians by Israel. As such, while protestors do not know nuance and detail, nonetheless they react to the big picture. This you do not relate to to discuss at all.
So while there is as you claim this denial of rights and there is meant to be a 'stringent' occupation... it appears that Abbas and the Palestinians still have a firm 'pay to slay' of Jews policy in place, which is practiced and also taught in schools. One would have thought that if there was in reality meant to be a 'restriction of rights', that would be the first to come under the hammer.
The main area where Israel has control is of course within Israel itself, where indeed there are no restrictions on their 21% Arab population, who enjoy the same rights as Israeli citizens.
Since Israel completely left gaza in 2005, and the Muslim Arabs there have had full autonomy ever since, exactly how is Israel responsible for their “rights”? That would be up to the murderous government they elected.
You can’t demand rights from a foreign government, especially when you’re also kidnapping and killing their citizens.
Take note that the Muslim Arabs who didn’t attack Israel are part of the nation of Israel, with full rights and freedoms.
They can't prosecute hate speech laws beyond borders. I recall knowing in Spain a big-time Australian fraudster who they could not get back to prosecute despite him embezzling multi-millions from large companies. I think because he was busily investing the money in Spain and providing quite wide employment there, they weren't keen to get rid of him.
If you're a "protester" and you don't know what you are protesting, it doesn't speak well for your cause. If you're a professional protester, being paid by the likes of scum like George Soros, you're an idiot that needs to find a real job. And, so it is with these organized demonstrations for terrorist Gaza-- you don't need a brain, you don't need to know the actual situation-- you just need to be able to stand on your feet and make noise. The world will be impressed by you.
They are as dumb as a bag of rocks.
... and only half as useful :)
I can't even look at them. I despise them. What planet do they hail from?
Planet Dumbo.
Very good - should be made into a play. Let's see how many theatres would produce it.
I think the problem is any theatre producing it would live in fear ofd getting attacked and firebombed - in the same way Synagogue’s in Sweden have been.
Alas, yes
I walked past a “protest” group in London and each day I asked them about the innocent women and children who were massacred by Hamas, and they all ignored me. Then on my last walk to Euston station I shouted “Kill the Jews” and they all laughed.
Nice piece John. From reading recent news of what is happening in the UK, you seem to be painting way too optimistic of a portrayal of UK law enforcement. I am sure that level headed and sensible detectives and prosecutors exist there, but the system as a whole seems to be disintegrating. What do you think?
I think what has happened in many UK police forces, though I can only really talk about the MET, covering London, is that for years they were a predominantly white force, with many accusations of internal racism. This has two effects: one, they started going light on stop and search, because many of those searched for knives were black, so again the cry of racism would arise. Plus also they were instructed to go softly on Muslim-related crime, or hold back on it, again for fear of the racism cry. This is why things went so slowly or were held back on the grooming-rape gangs.
Meanwhile, there have been a number of black officers join the police - but that shadow of the 'racist' cry emerging still hangs over them.
and therein lies the problem. The socio-political system has got to the point where you would let go of a crime out of fear of being politically incorrect. The true political correctness and inclusiveness should be built on the premise that any murderer, rapist or terrorist would be punished, regardless of the colour of their skin or their religion. What ever happened to the Rule of Law, where *everyone* is answerable to the law?
I always like your mock dialogues man. I was hoping the DS would call in the DI, or the DI had to waive of the DS, get a whole good cop/bad cop dynamic. That’s been done to death, so hackneyed, I don’t really blame you for not. The subject’s willingness to acknowledge or atone for his ‘crime’ —struck me as unbelievable. Some of these people will come around when presented with a full representation of the facts. Unfortunately, for a lot of these types, that’s not at all what this is about.
My apologies, but your “interview” of a protestor is a thinly disguised piece of propaganda. No interview, by either a police officer or a journalist is an attempt to educate and convert others to your POV. Its actually insulting to your readers.
As clearly stated, it is satire - with the aim of focusing on just how lacking in knowledge of the conflict most protesters are before hitting the streets with a banner. And I would argue that the main people guilty of 'propoganda' are those feeding the protesters with buzz-word terms such as 'occupation' and 'genocide' to get them to hit the streets in the first place.
While I would agree that the vast majority of protestors are indeed ignorant to much of the details, nonetheless there is one critical overriding “detail” which cannot be denied, and that is the ongoing denial of human, civil and political rights to Palestinians by Israel. As such, while protestors do not know nuance and detail, nonetheless they react to the big picture. This you do not relate to to discuss at all.
So while there is as you claim this denial of rights and there is meant to be a 'stringent' occupation... it appears that Abbas and the Palestinians still have a firm 'pay to slay' of Jews policy in place, which is practiced and also taught in schools. One would have thought that if there was in reality meant to be a 'restriction of rights', that would be the first to come under the hammer.
The main area where Israel has control is of course within Israel itself, where indeed there are no restrictions on their 21% Arab population, who enjoy the same rights as Israeli citizens.
Hi Joseph,
Since Israel completely left gaza in 2005, and the Muslim Arabs there have had full autonomy ever since, exactly how is Israel responsible for their “rights”? That would be up to the murderous government they elected.
You can’t demand rights from a foreign government, especially when you’re also kidnapping and killing their citizens.
Take note that the Muslim Arabs who didn’t attack Israel are part of the nation of Israel, with full rights and freedoms.
They can't prosecute hate speech laws beyond borders. I recall knowing in Spain a big-time Australian fraudster who they could not get back to prosecute despite him embezzling multi-millions from large companies. I think because he was busily investing the money in Spain and providing quite wide employment there, they weren't keen to get rid of him.