tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post4565585648386604288..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: The choir sang...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-28821504289899083872014-01-27T17:23:52.370+00:002014-01-27T17:23:52.370+00:00Free speech: the first victim in the subjugation o...Free speech: the first victim in the subjugation of the masses. Yet we are happy to let it go, one bit at a time: you cannot call the black person “black”, use “coloured” (then reverse that idea, and manipulate as desired); a joke where another nationality is the butt – “racist!”; identify a person by their apparent origins in a perceived derogatory way – “racist!” (except if they are white, then “Brit”, “Yank”, “Kiwi”, “Oz” or “Whinging Pom” are acceptable). Being English (by acceptance), I am immune to offence or insult, so believe that all others should be; that they appear not to be is NOT <i>MY</i> fault, it is THEIR problem. To use the saying long accredited to Voltaire: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.”<br /><br />That there is a blatant assault on free speech has to be obvious: “You do not say what we want you to say, so we will take away your chance to say it,” seems to be the thinking behind a lot of th”professionally offended”, and those who claim to speak up for them. If we do not protect any of our freedoms – even if it upsets us how others use it – then we are destined to lose it. Many, many of our forefathers were prepared to give up their lives to defend that principle, yet we are prepared to let them go for a bit more “Strictly Get Stars in Brother on Ice.” If we are not prepared to give up a little time in its defence then its loss is our fault, and it is our children and grandchildren who will suffer.<br /><br />Mr Cooke, you do give the impression that you are an “old school” Conservative; do you have any influence on those in the higher echelons of your organisation, many of whom – including your…erm… leader – seem to be as desperate to control the population into utter subjugation as the “opposition”? If so, please use it!<br /><br />Radical RodentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com