Gotta just lurve that 'Speccie'

It is becoming increasingly obvious that the writer of this blog - er, that's me! - is not an original thinker.  Well, after 11 years of pontificating, meandering and straightforward hacking it should be obvious!  Lest you doubt me here's another example, stolen without shame from this week's Spectator.  I never thought the 'Speccie' would ever replace the late, great Auberon Waugh but they managed it with the incomparable Rod Liddle, a man, like his predecessor, who approaches every topic from a unique angle.

This week, Mr. Liddle turned his sharp gaze upon the subject of the reptilian, Mr. Anjem Choudary.  For the benefit of my foreign readers, this ghastly, creepy man is a British-Asian, Islamic fanatic devoted to praising the works of ISIL and encouraging others of similar ilk to do their best to follow the instructions of that organisation.  I stress the fact that he encourages others because, of course, the snivelling coward would never dare to take action himself.

 

After several years of putting up with this obnoxious man, the authorities finally decided to 'feel his collar' and after a trial at the Old Bailey he has been sentenced to five and a half years, a sentence which most of the media think was decidedly too easy.

However, as the astute Rod Liddle points out, Choudary has not actually done anything!  As he puts it, in his inimitable style:

Mr Choudary and his pet halfwit have received their sentences largely, I think, for wishing the complete destruction of western civilisation. I too yearn for this from time to time, such as when I am forced to contemplate a semi-naked Keith Vaz instructing his Slavic rent boys to ‘Treat me like a bitch!’ or whenever I see or hear or smell Labour’s shadow Brexit minister, Emily Thornberry. Wishing for the destruction of an entire civilisation simply on account of these two porky weasels, or because Justin Welby has said something fatuous again, is of course a grotesque overreaction. But we all overreact from time to time. I remember my wife, whom I mentioned earlier, remark while watching an edition of Question Time featuring the comedian Eddie Izzard: ‘Christ help us, please let’s move to Russia.’ That was an overreaction, too.

Quite so!  I have lost track of the number of times during the dismal 'reign' of 'Dave 'n' George' when I have wished a sinkhole to appear in the English Channel and swallow up the entire country, men, women, and especially, the 'kiddie-winkies'!  Part of Choudary's 'crime' was to encourage like-minded Islamists to take themselves off to the Middle East and join the fight.  Like Mr. Liddle, I join that plea - the more of them that bugger off the better!

If Choudary’s injunction had been followed by the, what is it, ten or 15 per cent of British Muslims who approved of 9/11, Isis, the Taleban etc, it would have been the greatest contribution to internal British security since the Emperor Hadrian decided to do a spot of bricklaying. I’d have given Choudary a medal.

It was claimed that Choudary had encouraged Islamists in Britain to, in effect, practice a bit of head-chopping before they departed but according to Mr. Liddle there wasn't much in the way of evidence.  According to the 'Cocklecarrot' presiding over the court, Choudary had been insufficiently vocal in condemning the activities of militant Muslims.  Does that mean we all have to attend a public meeting once a week to denounce Islamic barbarism in order to prove what upright British chaps and chapettes we are?  I think not!

Anyway, buy yourself a copy of the world's oldest and 'bestest' weekly magazine - or better still, take out a subscription, or I might come round and chop your head off!

 

Comments

[Whyaxye]

I take RL's point here, but I think it was an excellent result. Choudary was probably instrumental in exporting some of our toxic waste, and we get to jail him.

[Loz]

I was blathering on about "grumpy conservative muslims" being better value than MI5 in exporting our "toxic waste" (like it, Whyaxe, like it) to the self-service extermination camp of Syria on D&N donkey's years ago.

Bloody plagiarism.

SoD

[AussieD]

The sooner weasels like Choudary get to check out their own 72 year old virgin the better for all of us.

If some weird beard here or in Blighty wants to go to Syria or some other Islamic hell hole to be a warrior for allah we should be more than happy to send them on a one way ticket. After all if they don't go there could be a shortage of drone targets unless the supply is constantly replenished.

[David Duff]

You should write for the 'Speccie', SoD - ooops, er, let me think about that . . .