tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528246176614662587.post7114012646554927955..comments2023-10-27T08:58:05.463+01:00Comments on eirael: Child Abuse Arrests Involving the Jordanian Paralympic TeamRob Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161685434804636265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528246176614662587.post-41528906433999965602012-08-27T22:11:40.542+01:002012-08-27T22:11:40.542+01:00There was apparently a similar issue with Muslim c...There was apparently a similar issue with Muslim complaints about the yearly manger in the GPO.<br /><br />Indeed virtually the entire pro-Palestinian take on the reality of the conflict seems to have been adopted by most of the media, except for some dastardly right-wing media outlets that leftists constantly moan about.<br /><br />That thing about the whitening of suspects in Sweden wouldn’t surprise me – reminds me a bit of the media calling many of the 9/11 suspects “German” without qualification. Its doubly comical since Assange is claiming such a liberal/left/PC state is a puppet of the US! lol BTW best of luck to your cousin in the Paralympics.Rob Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161685434804636265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528246176614662587.post-74707178995816177372012-08-26T23:06:53.298+01:002012-08-26T23:06:53.298+01:00Yup, the hypocrisy of the anti-Israel crowd is qui...Yup, the hypocrisy of the anti-Israel crowd is quite obvious but their constant ranting about complete bull shit gets them more media coverage.I have a distant cousin competing in the Paralympics and I was in fact discussing this story to several work colleagues, the topic quickly wandered onto abuse within the RCC though so I understand your point.<br /><br />I heard in Sweden they're even blurring images of criminals making them more white looking as to avoid scepticism regarding current immigration policies.Didn't really take notice of it but now that i think about it they only ever show children or a man sketching two hands praying.Cases like that though are quite common in Europe, for example French police didn't even look into the possibility that Ilan Halimi was brutally tortured and murdered because he was Jewish.Cormacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528246176614662587.post-12071753602649805352012-08-25T15:34:58.171+01:002012-08-25T15:34:58.171+01:00Hi Cormac,
Welcome to the forum. I agree it was l...Hi Cormac,<br /><br />Welcome to the forum. I agree it was likely a fear of being considered racist/Islamophobic for dealing with (let alone highlighting) the story to any normal extent. The amusing thing here is that many of those that would fire off the “Islamophobic” charge are oft pro-Palestinian themselves, and who frequently charge that those sympathetic to Israel use the “anti-Semitic card” to silence opposition. Even if there truly were attempts to silence critics of Israel (which there aren’t as far as I can see), it hasn’t been very effective, with the country by far the most criticised nation in relatively recent times. <br /><br />Meanwhile, it would seem the “Islamophobic” charge is all too effective. It seems to have become normative self-censoring behaviour in the media, which many in these institutions not only accept but agree with. For example, some years ago I heard the RTE deliberately avoids the symbolic imagery of the Cross in “The Angelus” after complaints were supposedly made by Islamic groups. I was sceptical about that as it sounded so extreme but it does seem that crucifixes haven’t featured in it for years now!Rob Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161685434804636265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528246176614662587.post-2451487056771752332012-08-24T14:02:36.859+01:002012-08-24T14:02:36.859+01:00Quite possibly it could be a fear of being called ...Quite possibly it could be a fear of being called racist.Police in England were hesitant over taking action in regards to the Rochdale 9 case.It would be unfortunate if crimes by immigrants were to be ignored over the fear of being called "racist".Child sex abuse is quite common or even legal in some Muslim Countries as they allow 9 year old girls to get married and in Afghanistan the Taliban have dancing boys.Cormacnoreply@blogger.com