Posted on 10/07/2007 11:28:49 AM PDT by Stoat
Perhaps here.
Given the craven appeasement propaganda emanating from the Arch-Druid of Canterbury, it's easy to see why.
Appalling state of any society when such instructions have to be issued to the clergy.
1) maybe a better solution would be a relentless police crackdown on the criminals who made such a notice necessary.
2) is there really any universal criminal interest in the clergy, or does this reflect a more specific sector of UK society trained by Allah-worship to loathe and despise infidels?
3) does anyone besides me find the slang “dog collar” to be a very disrespectful, even contemptuous (and contemptible) way to refer to clergy? Is this term really common in the UK, and does it have pejorative connotations or not?
It's a long-time mild colloquialism, dating back at least to Victorian times, and is used frequently by Anglicans (and American Piskies) themselves. Distinguishes the Anglican collar from the Roman version. Perhaps a little slangy, but not offensive.
As for (2), your guess is as good as mine, but I bet that factors into it . . . particularly given the ABC's spineless interview with a British Muslim magazine in which he blames the U.S. for everything from warmongering to hegemony to causing hangnails and halitosis.
As for (1), absolutely . . . but in Britain law enforcement long ago gave up targeting criminals and prefers to arrest ordinary citizens for thought crimes and so forth. So much less dangerous, you see.
That interview is making waves all around the blogs.
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