It'll Never Catch On

For a snapshot of where we are in the culture wars, consider the off the wall scheme recently proposed to improve British schools.

Aromatherapy in the classroom is hard science, but firing the incompetent is some wacky, off the wall scheme.

Outrage D'Jour

Who says libs are fired by a kneee-jerk hatred of any form of manly endeavour ? Oh right - everyone.

So much for 'supporting the troops, but not the war'. Can't we even get an admission that World War II was worth fighting ?

The Gold Standard Of Liberal Elitism

Spookily enough, I thought of the same scene - just in case MH's link is still U/S, the same bit is over here.

Fortunately, thanks to another classic, we have an answer:

I have a solution. It’s time to institute Disintegration Chambers in our major America cities.

If you recall that episode of Star Trek – and I would be rather stunned if you did not – there were two warring planets that had long ago decided against waging physical war, and started to wage a virtual one. Computers fought the war, and if your planet’s computer somehow let the other guy’s virtual cobalt bomb in, it would calculate the death toll. Those people who lived in the area hit by the virtual bomb would walk into a Disintegration Chamber and poof! Very tidy, and the infrastructure was left standing. Kirk, naturally, put a stop to it by wrecking the mainframes and snarling “now you have a real war on your hands, Chancellor.” Supposedly the planets would be so frightened by the prospect of ruptured sewer lines they would immediately sue for peace. They never did go back to that system. I would have liked to have seen if the planets stopped warring, or got together and started invading others, or just blew each other up six times over. But that was Kirk: he got the ball rolling, and that was his job.

Anyway. Here’s the deal. We decide what constitutes torture, and identify it as the following: insufficient air conditioning, excess air conditioning, sleep deprivation, being chained to the floor, and other forms of psychological stress. The United States is free to use these techniques against hardened terrorists. Those who disagree with the techniques sign a register that records their complaints. When the terrorist finally spills the details of a forthcoming attack, on, say, Chicago, the people who signed the register and live in Chicago are required to report to the Disintegration Chamber. Very simple. Everyone’s happy.

Sounds good to me. Should sound good to the left as well - after all, they keep telling us that torture doesn't work. Of course, the alternative is that these techniques really do save lives, in which case these people are calling for the sacrifice of innocent lives for no better reason than snooty prejudice and posturing. Hey, at least the World War I generals never sent the troops over the top to 'send the right message'.

Victimhood Comes To Those Who Wait

If this trend continues, there's only going to be one guy in Britain who it won't be a hate crime to punch - and it could be me.

It's not even as if this'll change anything:

Sentencing guidelines dictate that a victim's vulnerability should be taken into account when a judge is deciding on a sentence. The new guidelines set out how the CPS will bring cases against suspects, and how victims will be supported.

Well, quite. It's all blathersgate.

Still, there is some evidence of a common thread connecting many cases of abuse of the elderly, and I for one am sure the left will be doing all they can to clamp down on these cases.

Of course, if libs really are worried about people targeting the elderly, they might want to look closer to home.

More Evidence Of Islam/Vogon Alliance

Yep, the poetry is bad, but a job in a shop air side at Heathrow ? That's just.... priceless.

UPDATE:

Hotair.com picks up on something that passed me by first time round - this great moment in British jurisprudence:

Judge Peter Beaumont told Malik she was an ‘enigma’ and granted her bail which amounted a house arrest.

Yes, indeed. Who knows what motivates here ?

Outrage D'Jour

Doubtless, all those folks in the civil liberties lobby will be taking this case up anytime now, right ?

I'm thinking we can safely say PC has gone pretty much out of control when laying a wreath counts as a controversial gesture.

Still, you can't blame the Prison Service for refusing to fund the wreath themselves - not when they've got sound investments like this to support.

University: Not What It Used To Be

From over here, via Ace.

It's Just Their Our Culture

Of all the liberal excuses for bad behaviour, probably the stupidest is the idea schools shouldn't discipline black kids because, hey, acting like a thug is a sign of black authenticity. That's why it's always great to compare garbage like this with stories like this. Apparently, they need more 'more black involvement in the running of schools' in Africa too.

Hey, You Know What We Need More Of In Britain ?

As I understand the left's position on Islam and democracy, it's that Iraq is not ready for democratic government, and so we should have left it in the hands of the nice Mr Hussein. On the other hand, Musharraf must be made to hold elections by next Tuesday.

At risk of stating the obvious, Musharraf hasn't gassed huge numbers of people, invaded neighbouring countries or fired rockets at Israel - plus he beats up lawyers. If 'stability' is your thing, Musharraf should be your guy, but now the left are in touch with their inner neo-con, and justice must be done, though the heavens fall.

There's a nice summary of just how screwed up Pakistan is over here. Still, no matter how nutty the locals in Peshawar are, they're beaten by the folks in the open borders lobby, busily insisting that the whole 'culture' thing is just a myth dreamed up by Nazi bigots like us.

What Is It With Liberals And Cats ?

First we had Humphrey, the Downing Street cat that, like, got a job on a cruise ship or something just as soon as the Wicked Witch moved in. Now, we get this story about America's Worst President. Note too the firm grasp on the technical details of firearm employment: he tried to sting it by shooting it with a shotgun ? What does he use to get mildew off the bathroom ceiling ? A flamethrower ?

Who Even Does That ?

Today's stupid attempt at victimhood: new legislation to outlaw inciting hatred against the disabled.

Huh ?

At least when the pink wedge were ploughing this furrow - if you'll pardon the phrase - it was a fairly obvious attempt to intimidate the religious. What's with all this ? Is there some group of people out there spending their time calling for the shooting of guide dogs and the like ? Seriously - I'd hate to think there's a whole new way to annoy liberals that I'm missing out on.

There's a too perfect for satire summation of the liberal mindset coming up though:

Damon Rose, editor of the BBC's Ouch website, said he had seen increasing stories about disabled people being bullied.

"There is something about the happy slapping culture which hasn't helped disabled people. Disabled people are 'interesting' targets in that way," he said.

"There doesn't seem to be a concept of hate crime against disabled people.

Ok, first up, we have a BBC report quoting a BBC staffer, so I guess we can dispense with the debate over whether or not the BBC is too incestuous. Ditto, in so far as we have a BBC staff member speaking out in support of oppressive curbs on freedom of speech, I guess that wraps up the whole 'impartiality' thing as well - but at least he's balanced by comments from... well, actually two other members of the grievance industry, both supporting this law as well.

But consider the fundamentally absurd logic on show. The argument is that thugs engaging in random street violence like to target the disabled for the sheer novelty, therefore the answer is to give attacks on the disabled a special status. Yep, that's liberalism all right: don't condemn the thugs, instead try and spin random criminality into generalised victimhood.

Of course, what it's really about isn't preventing as yet undetected cults from declaring a jihad on the deaf. Nope, it's about chilling debate, as even one of the hobblin' hustelers himself admits:

And David Congdon, head of campaigns and policy at Mencap, said it was important to try to "change the culture, to ensure people value each other equally".

So it's not about the huge number of people in wheelchairs being thrown off cliffs, after all. Instead it's about closing down the debate, so we won't be allowed to ask, for example, whether or not a guy so delusional he can't be held responsible for acts of hideous violence should be out on the streets in the first place. After all, asking that would be 'hateful'.

Any Chance We Can Import Some Decent Politicians ?

As with much else involving David Cameron, what's so repulsive about the defenestration of Nigel Hastilow is not so much the specifics of the case - bad though they are - so much as what it reveals about just how completely the Nu Tories have bought into the liberal agenda.

Consider that Mr Hastilow's thought crime was to say that mass immigration has changed Britain dramatically. Not only is this what we on the right call a 'fact', it's also something liberals themselves would say, albeit in their case it would be by way of explaining how dowdy old Britain was sparked into life by all those vibrant immigrants. In other words, the left's 'hate speech' dog won't hunt.

Nope, it wasn't anything Mr Hastilow said, it was the saying anything. So now we now: even to mention immigration is a thought crime. There is literally nothing a right-winger can say about immigration that doesn't count as 'racist' - and this from a party that still calls itself 'Conservative'.

Multiculturalism

I've changed my mind: we can learn a lot from Pakistani culture. At least there's one guy there who's doing the job British politicians just won't do.

Police have used tear gas and batons to break up demonstrations by Pakistani lawyers against the country's state of emergency.

Lawyers said many colleagues were arrested as protests were dispersed in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi.

It's The Special Olympics Of Victimhood

Hmmmmm......

What a dilemma for libs. On the one hand, the chance to bag one of the last serious Churches, on the other, the opportunity to slime England. Looking at the background doesn't make it any easier either. There's murderous theocrats waging war to enslave free nations - see, the libs were right about those 'Catholics' after all - but there's also England standing alone as an outpost of freedom in a Europe enslaved by unelected degenerates. Catholicism or Euroscepticism ? Which do libs hate more ?

Actually, I'm guessing the whole 'fighting against murderous religious nutcases' thing will finally push libs into the Vatican's corner. Besides, the Royal Navy used fire ships - just think of all that CO2.

Good Catch

A commentator over at ATW makes a good point about this story. Apparently, a woman's 'right to choose' is a very flexible concept.

Liberals Celebrate Victory Over Liberalism

Liberals are all-a-flutter after the latest victory in the war on terror - yep, they've managed to nail the filth for health & safety violations supposedly committed during the Martyrdom of St Jean Charles de Fraudia. After a two year witch hunt, they've finally managed to bag the police on charges of having a noisy control room and the like. That's how much libs hate the pigs: no noisy radios.

Hmmm....are they sure that's such a good thing ? Don't we risk perpetuating the 'cycle of violence' ? What about the vast majority of peaceful police officers ? Maybe we should hold off on using the word 'police' in favour of a 'non-emotive lexicon' instead ?

You know, if liberals were as enraged by terrorists as they are by the people who fight them, they might have some credibility when they talk about counter-terrorism. Liberals keep insisting they're super-opposed to terrorism, it's just they think the best way to fight it is by doing the complete opposite to what any rational person would do.

Conservatives should try that. We should announce that we totally buy into anthropogenic global warming, it's just that we think tax breaks for buying 4x4s is the way to fight it.

Meanwhile, in so far as even mainstream liberals flirt with 7/7 trutherism, their position at the moment appears to be that the security forces in July 2005 were both too paranoid about terrorism and too relaxed, alternately ignoring evidence of incoming attacks, and shooting perfectly innocent fraudsters.

Right now, the left is trying to push the line that the Met's conviction means that PC Plod is a moron and so the police need to be remade into the Nu Police, with the top brass replaced by PC PCs, politically sound mangagers ready to ram reform down the throats of the Neanderthal truncheon-monkeys. The trouble is, as some of us pointed out at the time, they've already done that, to the point where this operation was run entirely by libs, not only in terms of the top brass, but even the actual commander, the howlingly deranged Oxbridge liberal Cressida Dick (meanwhile, I'm guessing two years wouldn't be enough time to find a liberal media outlet breathing a word of criticism of this loony hag).

Not only was the operation run by liberals, it was run on liberal lines. Consider how a distant command element was inserted into the mix with the surveillance and firearms teams yet failed to actually provide any clear direction. Hmmmm.... I think I've heard that somewhere before. Ah yes, every operation these people have ever been involved in.

Of course, it's not totally surprising that HQ wasn't able to exercise much control, bearing in mind that the responsible commander's previous job had been with the 'Diversity Directorate' (aka the Thought Police). The overlap between the naughty word squad and counter-terrorism is not obvious, but again this is a natural outgrowth of liberal doctrine. These people have always believed in the idea of an elite which can apply its superior intellect in any context. Ditto, the corollary to that, the firm belief that policing, much like plumbing, brain surgery, and just about every other form of technical skill, is merely a bogus mystique dreamed up by dirty fingernailed wasters to avoid being held accountable.

But no, apparently, the real problem is that when faced with any unprecedented threat, and an enemy that could - as events on 21/7 had shown - apparently strike at will, the filth didn't rigidly stick to their own (failed) procedures. Hmmmm.... it wasn't that long ago that the self-same people were complaining about people sticking too rigidly to the book. If libs are now going to demand rigid adherence to written procedures, then we should get used to a lot more of this.

Doubtless, had PC Plod nailed a real baddy, we'd be hearing about the maverick brilliance of dear ol' Cressida. That's what really sticks in the throat, the left's determination to have their cake and eat it. Or - to return to something I mentioned above - to drink the truther kool aid when the security forces don't think outside the box, while reserving the right to pore over every line when things go the other way. Whatever the specifics, the answer is always the same: more liberalism.

The Rotty Returns

Back, and making an interesting point about the Dhimmi St Primary outrage. The real problem with it all is the tacit acceptance of the deranged world view of Islam.

Sign Of The Times

Somewhere in New Hampshire, Mark Steyn is reading this and saying 'See, I told you'.

Interesting

Laban points out an interesting article in the Guardian. It's all worth reading, but this seems like a major concession:

The other extreme is that of Nick Griffin and the BNP who yearn for an England that never existed, where a homogeneous population was at ease with itself, each person content with their place in society and while class differences existed the concept of race and nation bound everyone together. A bit like John Major with his old maids bicycling to early morning communion and all of the railway companies in their prewar livery, er, yeh, ok.

For years the left has been trying to tell us that everyone in the BNP - without exception - is a slavering Nazi lunatic. Now we have at least one liberal tacitly admitting that actually a lot of these folks may have perfectly understandable - even respectable - motivations.

Today's Dhimmitude-In-Education Story

Remember, none of this stuff actually happens, it's all a right-wing myth.

Sally Bloomer, head of Rufford primary school in Lye, West Midlands, insisted: “I have not heard of any complaints.

“It’s all part of a diversity project to promote multi-culturalism.

Philosophical question: is it still multi-culturalism if it's always the same culture again and again ?