Zad wrote:
rio wrote:
Sure, but a harmful by-product. The BNP's fanbase is partly natural xenophobes, but another significant section is those people that genuinely believe they've been fucked over in favour of asylum seekers. Obviously my answer is not to be harsher on asylum seekers. Instead something has to be done to counter said misconception. Or at least make people realise that in fact refugees don't get an eassy deal in Britain.
Of course it doesn't help that we have loathsome people like Richard Littlejohn talking directly to to readers of the Sun, saying "You do realise that all your taxes are spent on providing Ferraris and thousands of pounds in weekly benefit for Somalis don't you?". When of course we all know that Littlejohn doesn't have the foggiest idea how little money asylum seekers are actually offered. Argh, angry.
It was good to see Conservative party posters from the last election (you know, It's Not Racist To be Tough On Refugees or whatever they were saying) defaced with things like, "Yes it is, bastards". I think the liberals in this country far outweigh the racists - look at the media, not a single one wouild print those cartoons.
As for the tabloids, the only thing they're good for is the odd laugh. I read
this about Gary Glitter, the bile the writer pours on him is incredible. I haven't picked up one for at least a couple of years, so it was quite shocking.
Heh, I hope you're right... Perhaps it's just the yahoo message boards that are making me lose faith. The BNP is still a tiny minority, but I suspect it's becoming larger very slowly- not to mention much more vocal.
But as for the People article... I'm not losing any sleep feeling sorry for Glitter, but this is odious on so many levels. Writers like that fuel mob mentality- and the idea that what happens to criminals should be decided by lowest common denominator "journalists" I find repellant... Mindless populism, and hypocrisy is what the People represents... And is he trying to suggest that what's happening to Glitter is a good thing? Is he praising the way the Vietnamese conduct their penal justice system? The conditions in some of those places should not even be inflicted on the vilest of murderers. Surely justice should be meted out by people that behave
better than those that are being punished.
Haha, sidetracked a little bit, there... I have to say I'd expect more from Eamonn Holmes, as well. Or perhaps I not...
