Interestingly,since my last computer session,our resident Buddha's eyes appear to have opened and he seems less reluctant to converse with the rest of mankind.Let's test that theory,shall we?

If you don't believe in the concept of right and wrong,good and evil etc., what gives you the moral right to pontificate about the goings on at Gitmo?

Spot on,Atheling.Indeed,how can the Kappert's of this world accept the moral obligation to "guard even his own enemy from oppression",when they stubbornly refuse to accept the reality  of friend and foe,good and evil,right and wrong,etc.,? 

note to kappert:

There's another Gandhi you need to know about.Google "GANDY ROCKFORD FILES".

Please,do that,a.s.a.p.

Thanks.

If previous experience here at the BJ is anything to go by,I ask you a question and you fail to respond.I post a follow-up comment asking you if you are having a dig at Israel,and you fail to respond for a second time.Amsterdamsky posts a dumb oneliner about all this being part of some global Zionist conspiracy.I post an angry response at which time Yitzhak chimes in with his customary "@Atlantist911 -you are typical bandwagon rider,Jew hating Christian who only pretends to care about modern state of Israel" routine.Marcfrans interjects at this point in a brave attempt to bring some gravitas to the whole proceedings,whereupon,I loose it completely and metaphorically flip Yitzhak the bird.Meanwhile,you will continue to sit buddha-like on your lotus leaf contemplating your own navel,oblivious to the realities that surround you...

Let's see how close prediction dovetails with reality shall we?  

"I wonder which Middle East country gives shelter for such a character?"

Personally,I have absolutely no doubt which country you suspect of giving such a "character" shelter,and the reason for your coyness in not naming that country.

As the resident "fox", might I respectfully ask the resident "chicken"just for once to have the courage of your convictions and tell us what you actually think and why you think it? Otherwise,some readers might start getting the impression that, for someone who advocates absolute honesty and non-violence at all times,you appear to have a very sharp (metaphorical) axe to grind. 

kappert: Paul Ray, alias Lionheart, emigrated to the Middle East to blog against Islam, the British Monarchy and describes (pictures) himself as Crusader. I wonder which Middle East country gives shelter for such a character.

Indeed. Perhaps the Middle East is the new bastion of free speech? It is not as though he chose the United States, whose First Amendment protects national socialists.

As this Orwellian darkness spreads, I feel a rising urgency to do what I can, when I can.

All indications are that I'm more free today than I will be tomorrow - and I'm most certainly not nearly as free today as I was yesterday.  

Paul Ray, alias Lionheart, emigrated to the Middle East to blog against Islam, the British Monarchy and describes (pictures) himself as Crusader. I wonder which Middle East country gives shelter for such a character.

"Mr Ray is a self-confessed former drug dealer."

Yes. He changed his ways and has been active in programs to stop drug use in his town. The Right Thing to do after having sold the shit.

Of course, that gives him quite a bit of inside knowledge. He needs protection, not arrest warrants, from the police.

Bedfordshire on Sunday: Mr Ray did not respond to BoS’s emails but in an internet post he wrote: “This charge if found guilty carries a lengthy prison sentence, more than what most paedophiles and rapists receive, and all for writing words of truth about the barbarity that is living in the midst of our children, which threatens the very future of our country.”

I am surprised that feminist organisations are not seizing upon this. Indeed feminism and multiculturalism appear at odds given that multiculturalism tends to protect cultural beliefs and practices that are anti-feminist, and yet only a few feminists have acknowleged this tension. I suppose that defeating White males - and the White-r the better given that Scandinavian feminism is extreme - remains a priority. Perhaps more sexual assaults, honor killings, trophy marriages, etc., are required in order to effect a sea change on the part of Western feminists.

Bedfordshire on Sunday: Mr Ray is a self-confessed former drug dealer...

Perhaps this explains the death threats...

This has been covered extensively by Gates of Vienna and many other blogs. It's causing quite a stir, I'd say. Lionheart himself seems to be getting a rather bum deal from his country - for loving it!
 

So much for freedom of speech in the UK. Even if he should eventually be found not guilty (which at this point looks unlikely), he loses because he is put through the process of having to defend himself against an unjust charge. The complainant has the easy part since British society bears all of his costs and does all of his work for him. Lionheart risks all and gains nothing if he returns to face thse charges. I hope he will seek political asylum in the US. It would put a nice strain in Anglo-US relations and be an interesting test of just who really believes what.