Friday, July 30, 2004
Monday, July 19, 2004
I read over the weekend that Barclays Bank have decided to close down the bank accounts held in the name of the BNP. This was as a result of the recent 'Secret Agent' television programme aired last week on BBC one. Now it looks as though the CPS would like to charge some BNP members under the racially aggravated public offences and racially aggravated harassment. The power of television huh? Is this investigative documentary/journalism at its best? I wonder how this will impact on the organisation and resolve of the BNP.. Will they perhaps turn into a secretive 'cult' like organisation reminiscent of other doomsday cults like Aum Shinrikyo; who at first tried to register as a religion, and then as a political party turning eventually to violent terror? Actually I was thinking that I may be over-playing this idea somewhat. That was until I strayed on to the BNP Website. Their publication 'Vanguard', distributed from an address with the first line of 'Excalibur', covers such topics as 'An introduction to Runes' and 'The Celtic Cross' and makes numerous references to the ancient peoples of the North Atlantic Islands. It ends by making and appeal to aid the 'genetic inevitability' of the fertile native population. With an ideology so firmly based in mythology how can the BNP possibly label itself as a political party? It surely belongs in the 'New Religious Movements' category alongside other cults such as the Moonies and Scientology.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 Review.
Saw this on Saturday. Then I read the reviews. Yeah it is a work of 'Faction' and oh it is preaching to the converted and the conservative, predominatly 'white liberal' Americans. It reflects Mr Moore's own habitus. I have to ask you, if you have a problem with the bias, when was the last time you watched Fox News and felt that what you were watching was 'biased'? If the answer is never, then it'll do some good to watch Fahrenheit 9/11.
Saw this on Saturday. Then I read the reviews. Yeah it is a work of 'Faction' and oh it is preaching to the converted and the conservative, predominatly 'white liberal' Americans. It reflects Mr Moore's own habitus. I have to ask you, if you have a problem with the bias, when was the last time you watched Fox News and felt that what you were watching was 'biased'? If the answer is never, then it'll do some good to watch Fahrenheit 9/11.
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Saddam is to hear charges in an Iraqi Court...
I have questions:
Will the trial be a sham?
Is the evidence against Saddam useful enough and water tight enough?
Also with a track record as foul and heinous as his, what kind of justice can be adequate for
Saddam? Apparently the death penalty currently under suspension in Iraq, may be recalled for the trail of Saddam.
Why were the Americans so reluctant to hand him over? Perhaps because like children, they believe it is a case of 'Finders keepers'? Or perhaps like a Zoo, Saddam was America's great PR possession.
Justice..
I don't think Saddam should be executed. I believe that this would present to the World a message that violence can be resolved through violence. Instead I think Saddam should be imprisoned. He should then be interviewed by the families of his victims and those who survived. There should be a period of reconciliation, as in South Africa.
I have questions:
Will the trial be a sham?
Is the evidence against Saddam useful enough and water tight enough?
Also with a track record as foul and heinous as his, what kind of justice can be adequate for
Saddam? Apparently the death penalty currently under suspension in Iraq, may be recalled for the trail of Saddam.
Why were the Americans so reluctant to hand him over? Perhaps because like children, they believe it is a case of 'Finders keepers'? Or perhaps like a Zoo, Saddam was America's great PR possession.
Justice..
I don't think Saddam should be executed. I believe that this would present to the World a message that violence can be resolved through violence. Instead I think Saddam should be imprisoned. He should then be interviewed by the families of his victims and those who survived. There should be a period of reconciliation, as in South Africa.
