tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post7503127123760541965..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: Britain's "Least Wanted".Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-34243740400536186002009-05-08T15:42:00.000+01:002009-05-08T15:42:00.000+01:00"when their noses are out of joint over something ...<I>"when their noses are out of joint over something which their own government indulges frequently itself. "</I>Yes, but that goes back to my original point that people aren't generally upset when people they don't like have their freedoms impinged, which is why grouping together the cases of Fisk, Savage, Cat Stevens and Wilders is more likely to encourage their supporters to support free entry to hostile speakers in general.Rosshttp://fountain.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-85897941661845217512009-05-08T12:13:00.000+01:002009-05-08T12:13:00.000+01:00It's not so much that Ross. It's the very special ...It's not so much that Ross. It's the very special treatment the British and this country in general receives from our Americans cousins when their noses are out of joint over something which their own government indulges frequently itself. Having "moral turpitude" written into your border control system and or refusing entry to a controversial author wearing a tall hat once, or Cat Stevens or Robert Fisk doesn't invite Britons to lose the plot in quite the same self righteous way in ressponse. Our anti-American freaks usually freak out over slightly more serious issues. That gives them credit - which I don't like to do.alisonhttp://adirtymartini.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-14821245780364149872009-05-08T01:08:00.000+01:002009-05-08T01:08:00.000+01:00Savage is a nut and not a nice guy, but I can unde...Savage is a nut and not a nice guy, but I can understand his fans not being enamoured by Britain placing him on a list alongside terrorists and killers.<br /><br />The USA has been through a period of issuing ridiculous bans (whilst leaving their southern border open) but that's no reason to imitate them.Rosshttp://fountain.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-12514233788944321662009-05-07T14:14:00.000+01:002009-05-07T14:14:00.000+01:00Oh and I forgot to mention the US can ban people o...Oh and I forgot to mention the US can ban people on the grounds of "moral turpitude". Perhaps that should be the language we adopt ourselves in future less we become the focus of any further accusations of mere arbitrary bans.alisonhttp://adirtymartini.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-42534038033095564552009-05-07T13:51:00.000+01:002009-05-07T13:51:00.000+01:00Robert Fisk and others have been barred from enter...Robert Fisk and others have been barred from entering the USA. It's obvious the mistake here, as usual, was to be too honest and to publish the list. The venomous anti-British hatred that ensued from Savage's fans, who cheerlead his general incitement and indulge in that "eurabia" crap, reassured me that we made the right call.alisonhttp://adirtymartini.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-79015757540047324302009-05-06T15:02:00.000+01:002009-05-06T15:02:00.000+01:00Surely I'm on that list.Surely I'm on that list.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com