Agust Flygenring - semsagt.net

The Liberal Clichés

Vikuna eftir hryðjuverkaárásirnar á London birtist grein í Spectator eftir Frank Johnson, All the liberal clichés went off within seconds of one another. Greinin er ekki opin nema að hluta á vef Spectator en er blessunarlega hægt að lesa (frítt) hér.

Suddenly we were innocent victims. On our Walkmans as we struggled into work, or over the radio for those of us still in bed, and from the editorials in the liberal press the following day, came explosion after explosion.

"We must tackle the root causes of terrorism ... legitimate grievances ... Palestinian state ... end to Israeli settlements on the West Bank ... bombs wholly unrepresentative of Muslims in this country ... we in the faith communities united in condemnation ... Archbishop of Canterbury ... global warming ..."

On and on went the politicians, bishops, enlightened chief constables and liberal editorialists. Evidence soon emerged that all the cliches went off within seconds of one another. They were the work of experienced professionals trained to use them about any subject. Most of them live in this country. Many have British citizenship. They are taught never to write or say anything original. Only a few days before they had targeted Gleneagles. The ozone layer, African debt, Islam; it is all the same to them.

But we Londoners can be proud of the way we took it. They did it to us before over, among other things, Northern Ireland. We are used to it. We went through even worse during the Blitz. We are not going to give in now to a cell of crazed liberals.

Greinin er nokkuð smellin. Fúlin íhaldsmenn geta verið hnittnir, stundum.
Agust skrifaði 07.08.05 14:27

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