Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, November 13, 2009

The British Boy Scouts Are Merging

..apparently with the Hitler Youth:
A scout troop is being investigated by the police after its members shouted death threats and racist abuse at Jewish war veterans during a remembrance parade.

Dressed in full uniform, the explorer scouts, who were taking part in Remembrance Sunday service in Romford, Essex were heard to repeatedly shout "Let's kill the Jews" at Jewish second world war veterans.
First off, if I remember correctly, there was considerable friction between the German Scouts and the Hitler Youth. When the youth organizations in Germany were merged by the Nazi government, many scouts dropped out. No doubt a number of them became Edelweiss Pirates.

Second, I'm not certain just what the cops are investigating. Is it illegal to be a repugnant racist asshole in the UK?

3 comments:

BadTux said...

To answer your last question: Yes. Speech which is "designed to incite hatred or violence of an ethnic or religious minority" is illegal in Britain. Remember, they don't have a free speech right in the mess of common law and accumulated founding documents that masquerade as their "Constitution" (they have no actual document called a "Constitution"). What they have is a free speech *tradition*, which, however, is much more limited than the free speech rights that the U.S. Supreme Court says have been granted by the U.S. Constitution.

- Badtux the Law Penguin

dbliss said...

That's just what I was going to post.

I think it's incredibly ironic that the citizenry of UK has far fewer guaranteed rights than the US, but in most ways has far more *actual* rights.

Free speech isn't one of those ways, though.

Fixer said...

... there was considerable friction between the German Scouts and the Hitler Youth.

Most certainly. The Fahrtfinder went underground during the war. My nephew and both nieces belonged during their youth.