These two folks were very talked about recently.
I've been very interested in the polls of differing opinion surounding them. I now look a little more at the margins & extemes of culture & opinion as I'm curious to see what (if anything) I can find of God out there. [I think actually this started when I realised Eminem had alot to teach me inspite of my initial renegation of him as "ungodly"!! (whatever that is)]
Nick Griffin - leader of the controversial British National Party appeared on a political debate show much to many's dismay. Likened to Hitler he was trounced from all angles for his beliefs but the irony of this assault seemed to go unnoticed to some. Much has been written on the appearance, now out of the public spotlight. I did read comment by a fellow panellists concerning her encounter with the man. She appeared proud to refuse to shake his hand and that she'd kept her back to him. Was she the bigger person? Papers largely reported his "humiliation" but I know many who didn't see it that way. He made some points which many consider valid. I don't know what to make of him considering his history but thought he came off quite well considering the knives that were out for him.
I also found the furor over Jan Moir & her famous comment about Stephen Gately noteworthy. Second Article
I read her original article before the explosion & couldnt help sharing some of her sentiment questioning how wholesome the fateful events leading (?) to his death were. Maybe it was natural causes after a night of indulgence? Seemed a bit odd to me too...not that I know.
But I think the bigger thing that struck me was how very quickly free speech will be quoshed when it doesn't fit the current paradigm? It reminded me of a phenomina I saw at University - You can believe & celebrate anything and everything unless you believe that something's not ok. Then it's ok for you to be set upon by a pack of dogs. All of a sudden you have a flip flopped minority and the irony can be invisible. Our "acceptance of all" politically correct culture does NOT accept any talk to the contrary. There are to be no absolutes of belief, apart from that one.
I could say much more regarding this but I think I'll just toss this into my "blog skip" as it is for posterity.
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Ironically, for all I oppose the BNP very strongly, I also hold firmly to the view that having Griffin on Question Time was right. The comparison to Hitler is useful; Hitler rose to power because there were legitimate complaints that nobody else was confronting, not just because people hated the Jews. In just the same way, I see the BNP as successful not just because of bigotry (and there's plenty of that there) but also because they do dare to raise many legitimate complaints, ones that the mainstream political parties - and often Christians - aren't willing to confront.
I actually think that Question Time was a farce; from the first moment, everyone was queuing up to shoot at him, and it'd have been much better to dig into many other subjects, and use them to explore the ideas within the BNP other than race.
Just my view!
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