It can't happen here, part VII (As if I needed a reminder not to move to England...)
England really has become a foul place in which to live.
I felt that way the other day when I read Rachel Lucas's reaction (to the prosecution of a man who defended his family against rock throwing thugs -- with a board!):
....what the fuck is WRONG with these people?
I know there's not much more to say than hasn't already been said in the last few comment threads about our emasculated former stalwart ally. They're gone. It's over. America is the last thing standing between humanity's intact testicles and the quivering blade of liberalism.
As if that wasn't bad enough, today I see another sickening example of the British legal system at work. A blogger criticized a rabidly anti-Semitic remark by anti-Semitic Hamas terrorist supporter, and he's now being sued. What irritated me even more was to read that British government officials are very cozy with the Hamas supporter.
Mr Sawalha has been the prime mover in a number of Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood associated projects. He is President of the British Muslim Initiative. He is the past President of the Muslim Association of Britain. He was the founder of IslamExpo, and is registered as the holder of the IslamExpo domain name. He is also a trustee of the Finsbury Park Mosque.
The British Muslim Initiative has co-organised with Liberty, Britain's most prominent civil liberties campaigning group, a National Rally to Defend Freedom of Religion, Conscience and Thought. Speakers included Ken Livingstone, the Tory Party Vice Chair, Sayeeda Warsi, and the shadow Tory Attorney General, Dominic Grieve MP, and Andrew Stunell MP, the Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Community and Local Government.
All these people spoke on the platform of a group founded by a man who has been identified as a senior Hamas activist.
IslamExpo is also organised by the British Muslim Initiative, and was founded by Mr Sawalha. In past years, various government ministers, including Tessa Jowell, have spoken at IslamExpo. This year, a government minister, Stephen Timms, will be taking part in this event.
Stephen Timms will be speaking on the platform of a group founded by a man who has been identified as a senior Hamas activist.
They're going to need help:
If Mr Sawalha persists in attempting to silence us with this desperate legal suit, we will need your help.
I didn't see a tip jar, or I'd have hit it. They need to be supported.
Especially by those of us fortunate enough to have a First Amendment. Even though it is under assault by those who want to criminalize "hate speech," lawsuits like the one above would get thrown out of court if filed here.
A recent example of a case that will never make it is a lawsuit filed in pro per (meaning no lawyer would take the case) by a man named Bradley Fowler. He claims that a Bible publisher caused him emotional distress because the translation of Saint Paul offended him by slandering homosexuals.
This lawsuit is frivolous, and I'm sure it will be thrown out. Anyone can sue anyone for anything, but we still have the First Amendment, and claims like this do not get past the pleading stage (assuming they're defended, of course). Not surprisingly, the plaintiff is the author of two books himself, and calls himself "Bradley Almighty."
Michigan author Bradley-Almighty has compiled astounding research from within the pages of the bible, that will change the face of religion across the globe. So much, on Monday, July 7, 2008, Bradley marched into the Eastern District Court house of Ann Arbor, MI. and filed a Federal Law suit on the grounds of malicious negligence, strict liability, malice, libel, and violating his rights under the 14th Amendment.
"Lack of sincerity from bible readers has helped this conspiracy go on this long." Bradley comments during a brief interview with Michigan Front Page Newspaper, Executive Editor Janaya Black.
In his debut book, 365 Reason's to Study the Bible, Bradley takes you on a journey through time, as he shifts swiftly, yet gracefully, through the pages of religious history, slowly exposing hidden secrets bible publishers have fought- feverishly to keep hidden from the general public for centuries. An avalanche of secrets that are keeping millions around the world enslaved today. Read more down below....
All quite interesting, but he's up against the First Amendment, and I predict this will be thrown out. Incredibly, he has demanded a court-appointed attorney -- something no one is entitled to in a defamation case, and which the judge refused.
Fowler filed the suit against Zondervan on Monday, the same day U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr. refused to appoint an attorney to represent him in his case against Thomas Nelson, a Tennessee publisher. Fowler filed a suit against Thomas Nelson in June. He is representing himself in both claims.
"The Court has some very genuine concerns about the nature and efficacy of these claims," the judge wrote.
Fowler alleges Zondervan's Bibles referring to homosexuality as a sin have made him an outcast from his family and contributed to physical discomfort and periods of "demoralization, chaos and bewilderment."
The intent of the publisher was to design a religious, sacred document to reflect an individual opinion or a group's conclusion to cause "me or anyone who is a homosexual to endure verbal abuse, discrimination, episodes of hate, and physical violence ... including murder," Fowler wrote.
Fowler's suit claims Zondervan's text revisions include and then delete the reference to homosexuality without informing the public of the changes.
The other suit, against Thomas Nelson and its New King James Bible, mirrors the allegations made against Zondervan for "manipulating" Scripture.
In this country (as the judge no doubt realizes), anyone is free to manipulate scripture (or even make it up entirely), including Mr. Bradley.
Not suprisingly, WorldNetDaily (which notes he's an Obama blogger) spins this as an anti-religious threat from the homosexual agenda. They put the word "gay" in quotes, so maybe Bradley should sue them too. (And while I'm offering free legal advice, I'm wondering why the publishers of the very anti-gay Koran got a pass....)
In any event, Mr. Bradley's legal efforts are doomed to fail here. Perhaps he should move to England where he doesn't need to worry about free speech. (Needless to say, there's plenty of anti-gay hate speech coming from Hamas. And they practice what they preach.)
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Don?t bang your head!
No need to go as far as England. I think Canada would be quire welcoming.