The BBC: The British Broadcasting Censors
January 16, 2004 ~ 5:29 p.m.
Remember when Stop the War claimed they�d bring 100,000 out to protest Bush, Blair and the Iraq War last November? Well, half that number�50,000�have protested the BBC, that bastion of current news and information where brutal dictators must be referred to as �former presidents,� for suspending talk-show host Robert Kilroy-Silk.
Gee, do you think Kilroy was popular in Britain? He deserves to be. When I used to work nights, I�d come home and watch �Kilroy� before going to sleep. The show delved unhesitatingly into controversial subject matter, but it was intelligent, even-sided, well researched and a joy to watch.
But Kilroy, a former Labourite, has always been outspoken and the reason the BBC suspended his show was due to a rant Kilroy staged against the repression of Arab regimes in a recent edition of The Sunday Express. The title of the piece was entitled �We Owe the Arabs Nothing,� and went on to allege, �What do Arabs think we feel about them? That we admire them for being suicide bombers, limb amputators, women repressors?� Kilroy also wrote that not a whole lot of Arab countries �make much contribution to the welfare of the rest of the world.�
So what, exactly, is wrong with Kilroy-Silk�s comments? Inflammatory? I suppose so. Truthful? Exactimundo!
For all the criticism of Israel, it is the only stable democracy in the Middle East, as things currently stand. Kilroy is right.
And for leftists enraged that Kilroy is being so prejudicial, what do they have to say about the �women oppressors� bit? Women�s equality, the proud movement and pride of the Left, seems to take the backburner every time some liberal gets his or her knickers in a twist over perceived�and I stress: perceived�racism. Calling someone a racist is conjecture at best and hard to prove. Calling most Arab regimes oppressive is fact and not at all hard to prove. And women in Muslim regimes must continue to suffer indignities all in the name of respecting other cultures, because, as Westerners, we�re so bad and insensitive.
Expecting the British media to tell it like it is, is akin to Jesse Helms being honored by the Hasty Pudding Club. It�s a sight you�d never expect to see in this lifetime. But the Express called a spade a spade; they wrote, �[there is] growing anger over what is being seen as a test case for the very principle of freedom of speech in this country.�
Exactly right. The whole reason this is even an issue is because Kilroy dared to speak outside of the box of the politically correct cognoscenti.
�People are getting sick of debate being stifled while at the same time you have (Islamic) militants on the streets of London shouting, �Kill the infidel!,�� Kilroy said in response to the controversy.
Well, the �infidels� will dare to argue.
� M.E.M.
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