3.25.2006
I was planning a lengthy polemic on the Terrorism Bill and the new offense of 'glorifying' terrorism, but there's nothing I could really add. How such stupidity could be passed by elected 'representatives' who seem to be otherwise able to breathe, eat, and walk without assistance, and thus could reasonably be expected to recognise the 200-proof quadruple-distilled idiocy that they're voting on, I don't know. Define terrorism for me. Find me a definition that covers car-bombing religious whack-jobs while clearly excluding legitimate struggles against oppression and tyranny and I'll do the introduction for your Nobel Peace Prize. Glory to the Easter Rising, glory to all six Frenchmen that really were in the Resistance, and glory most of all to Guy fucking Fawkes. I'll see you all in the cells next November, when possession of fireworks will no doubt be taken as blatant, public glorification of terrorism.
posted by Kreiger at 5:19 PM
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