Comments on: BT closes Catholic website after MP complaints

By: j.r.

j.r. — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:27:38 +0000

I wish I could be as idealistic as you, Monitor, but I guess my optimism has been dented by the sheer quantity of mindless racism I encounter.

By: Monitor

Monitor — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:34:02 +0000

j.r. writes

hate filth is on the rise and is permeating the mainstream, despite its preposterous idiocy. Therefore it must be countered and indeed censored in my opinion. [...]
If you want to leave obnoxious ideas to float around and get rejected by everyone’s natural intelligence and decency then good luck.

This pretty much amounts to blasphemy round these parts. I could have you flogged for writing such subversive stuff, you know.

Maybe I should delete your comments and block your IP, just in case someone of insufficient natural intelligence reads your words and is influenced by them.

On second thoughts, no. Here, have your petard back.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:35:54 +0000

By the way, is “Satandom” anything like “Dickandom”? There do seem to be demonic forces at work there sometimes, from what I have seen, but then I`m no expert!!!

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:03:04 +0000

Please folk, have a look at the latest cartoon on the http://www.jesusandmo.net website. Not only is it sidesplittingly funny (again), but very relevant to the current debate!!! I am TOTALLY opposed to state censorship of any kind, however well-intentioned!!

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:47:28 +0000

JR
The problem with the extremist ideas that flourished after the 1930s recession was a lack of people able to contradict due to oppressive regulation on freedom of speech, as well as an attitude of appeasement.

No censorship and the encouragement of people to stand up and state their opinions would appear to be the answer to that.

By: j.r.

j.r. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:15:18 +0000

Stonygroud, I’ll tell you exactly how stupid people are. In the last century most of Europe came under totalitarian governments because there were enough stupid people who wanted to make it happen. We are now entering the worst recession since the one that brought hitler, mussolini and franco to power. If you want to leave obnoxious ideas to float around and get rejected by everyone’s natural intelligence and decency then good luck. History is not on your side.

By: Stonygroud

Stonygroud — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:45:48 +0000

My problem with the censorious is firstly their phenomenal stupidity and secondly their seeming assumption that everyone else is as stupid as they are. They invariably shoot themselves in the foot by giving massive amounts of publicity to the very thing that they are trying to have silenced.

Examples: Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood and an advertising campaign by United Colours of Beneton which featured posters which while being thought provoking were always in somewhat questionable taste. The censorious never failed to rise to the bait, giving Beniton all the publicity they needed and it must have taken them at least ten years to catch on to the effect that their outrage was having on Beneton’s sales.

On my second point, they assume that we are too simple minded to judge if this guy is a certifiable fruit salad or not. If I wanted to make a case that the British are a nation of racist bigots with delusions of world domination, I am pretty sure that I could dig up some literature that was written during the height of the British Empire that would support me.

By: j.r.

j.r. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:55:25 +0000

Yes barriejohn – the girls who are no longer allowed to go to school in parts of Pakistan may be getting a better deal on balance!

Timothy Johnson – got the message. Your imaginary friend told you jews are bad. You need to understand that there isn’t anything we can discuss here because it’s only playing inside your head. If you can provide the original hebrew/aramaic text of the passages you “quoted” above I can set you straight on the translations but I’m not holding my breath. Otherwise you could try http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk – they may be able to help.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:51:52 +0000

Yes – no need to worry about the environment, or how to feed the world`s population, j.r., Allah/Yahweh/The B.F.G. will take care of all that!! Did you watch “Dispatches” last night? (Repeated Thurs late). It`s the best current affairs programme on the box by miles now. Apparently Pakistani boys are being sent to madrasahs where their “education” consists solely of learning the Koran parrot fashion (even though they don`t actually understand a word of Arabic), and lessons on “How to become a suicide bomber”!!! The country obviously has no need of farmers, chemists, physicists, doctors, and so on. That`s where religious fundamentalism gets you!!!!!

By: Timothy Johnson

Timothy Johnson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:32:05 +0000

Should we also perhaps censor gratuitous imputations of hatred?

Why is it that solidly-founded criticisms of Talmudic beliefs are assumed to represent “hatred” whilst pouring scorn on Catholics and calling them all kinds of vile names is considered acceptable? Can people really live comfortably with themselves whilst patently operating such double standards?

As for racism, the fact is that racism of any kind is not just evil but utterly daft. White Aryanism, Nazism, Ku Klux Judaism, etc are all abominable in the eyes of God. The Catholic Church of which I am but a humble member unequivocally condemns them all.