Boston College Protest Fails

A concerted attempt by many students and faculty to stop or hinder a commencement address by Condi Rice at Boston College was a fizzer on Monday:

"A few students turned their backs but more stood to applaud as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received an honorary degree and addressed graduates at Boston College on Monday....

About 50 students stood with their backs toward the stage as Rice was introduced to give her commencement speech, but they were quickly drowned out by a standing ovation."

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English Sports Fans not Allowed to Support their own Team



Not if you are a taxicab driver anyway:

"Cabbies in Blackpool were told they will be stripped of their licences if they sport anything featuring the word England, the Cross of St George or the Three Lions shield. One claims he was told it might prove offensive to visitors from other parts of the UK.

The angry drivers have accused the local council - which is currently flying a flag in support of a Gay Pride event above the Town Hall - of taking political correctness to ridiculous limits....

"That's ridiculous. Our council is supporting a Gay Pride event yet we're not permitted to support our country - where's the logic in that?"

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Update:

Thanks to the glare of publicity, the ban has now been lifted





Now you Cannot even Use the Holocaust in a Joke!

In my view you should be free to joke about anything, whether it is in good taste or not. Jokes were one of the few forms of protest possible for people under the old Soviet regime.

The University of Connecticut outlawed "inappropriately directed laughter" in the 90s but that seems to have died a death.

Not so in the Netherlands. A joky video posted on a website there was not even laughing AT the holocaust (as far as I can see); it was just using the holocaust as the framework for a joke:

"The clip, which was widely circulated on the Internet last year, purported to give details of a techno music festival called "Housewitz", a reference to techno "house" music.

It used images of the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland, turning the famous slogan above the main gate "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Shall Set You Free) into "Tanzen Macht Frei" (Dance Shall Set You Free).

The clip announced the DJ's Michel der Heidi and Adolf Von Bauren with Sieg Heil, and spoke about "seven million party people, set their body's on fire", and said the dresscode was "skinny Jew".

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The author of the video is due in court today. It would appear that not only holocaust denial but even holocaust joking can land you in jail in Europe.

Note that "Sieg Heil" simply means "Victory!".




9th Circuit Endorses Religion!

See Education Watch for the latest 9th Circus (Whoops! Circuit) outrage. The court which does its best to suppress Christian expression has made participation in Islamic practices compulsory in Californian schools!




Is Google Purging Conservative News Sites?

According to this article on NewsBusters, the answer appears to be: Yes. Though the process is erratic so far. Some of the Newsbusters pages seem to have been censored too so maybe you should read now what you might not otherwise find. There is detailed coverage of Google's ties with Al Gore and at least one far-Left organization.

Reliapundit has some interesting findings too.