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A little while back I made a fairly blunt post about the BNP's latest leaflet (I'm not a fan, in case you hadn't guessed)
This attracted a couple of anonymous comments from people who thought I was being more than a little unfair to the BNP. The second comment included this:
Five men have been arrested over their alleged role in protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, Scotland Yard said
The BBC site also shows that Omar Khayam, who dressed as a suicide bomber, "was arrested and recalled to prison" shortly after the protest - he'd been released on licence after serving half his sentence.
Looks like some people may get charged after all, then. So much for the double standard. If people want to argue politics with me, that's fine - however much I disagree with those politics. I do get a little annoyed when people make assumptions and/or opinion replaces fact, though.
This attracted a couple of anonymous comments from people who thought I was being more than a little unfair to the BNP. The second comment included this:
I am not in agreement with a lot of the BNP's policies and also find they have no policies in relation to a lot of issues but in answer to their question on the leaflet I know which I find most offensive. I also find it offensive that one image shows a section of people breaking the law and still to this day not one single person has been charged or is ever likely to be.I don't know if anyone's seen this on the BBC website today, but...
Five men have been arrested over their alleged role in protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, Scotland Yard said
The BBC site also shows that Omar Khayam, who dressed as a suicide bomber, "was arrested and recalled to prison" shortly after the protest - he'd been released on licence after serving half his sentence.
Looks like some people may get charged after all, then. So much for the double standard. If people want to argue politics with me, that's fine - however much I disagree with those politics. I do get a little annoyed when people make assumptions and/or opinion replaces fact, though.
