Censorship and Extremism

With particular reference to the five individuals who were nearly imprisoned for five years for accessing ‘extremist’ material on the web and right-wing think tanks claiming not enough is done to combat ‘extremism’ in immigrant communities, one has to ask: how far will the pursuance of Thought Crimes go?

Maybe fortunately for people such as myself, who feels justifying accessing material from http://www.brightonabc.org.uk/index.htm - headlines http://www.earthfirst.org/ http://www.londonclasswar.org/ which would all be considered ‘extremist’ but an understanding of different beliefs is a mark of a mature civilisation.

Except ‘white’ extremism is almost never mentioned; some of the things I’ve read on the Green Anarchy Facebook group would be considered offensive to say the least, and at least as provocative as promoting ‘Jihad’, but ‘Green’ terror is almost never mentioned in the media over here and, in a way, this is racist as it basically assumes that all white/indigenous people think in the same way or are only influenced by outsiders. They cannot make their own decisions about things, which is precisely what censorship assumes. So, basically, we’re all too stupid to make rational choices on our own (but not too stupid to vote, I’ve often wondered about that).

Back to the proposed five year prison sentence (the individuals were let off), I can guarantee you that someone convicted of Death By Dangerous Driving would get a more lenient sentence. I bet if someone got into their car and just started reversing deliberately until they hit someone, the most they’d get’d be maybe eight years, less if good behaviour inside. The only way a motorist would get a more severe sentence would be if they’d stolen the car they were in when any offences were caused, which almost makes a driving licence a licence to murder.

Immigrant communities. All the 7/7 bombers were born in the UK, the problem, if there is one and surely 7/7 is a wake up call, is in/with the UK.