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Comments on: Witch-huntery http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/ As fair-minded and non-partisan as Torquemada. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter H http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8388 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:14:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8388 here.

]]> I’m sorry I broke down by engaging in debate with Old Peculier, when it is obvious her only interest is to goad other commenters by being as moronic and inflammatory as possible. Frankly, I see no reason not to ban her, but it’s not my blog.

Anyway, if anybody wants to see the poll that is being discussed, it is here.

]]> By: Alex http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8387 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:12:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8387 Right – is there any chance John B is going to post somethng new and get us out of this increasingly infantile rut?

]]> By: Old Peculier http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8386 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:12:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8386 SO LONG AS THE PENALTIES DO NOT CONTRAVENE BRITISH LAW, I WOULD SUPPORT SHARIA COURTS BEING INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN, TO RESOLVE CIVIL CASES WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

For the umpteenth time I have noted this, and in fact did not see the distinction as important. For the umpteenth time, any form of sharia, with any penalties whatsoever is totally against the British way of doing thing.

And do not for one minute trivialise the importance of a law dealing with personal matters – divorce, child custody etc. It is in these areas that sharia is grossly and heinously discriminatory towards women. Women have very limited child custody rights, men have the right to divorce on demand, and of course polygamy, maintenance is a joke etc.

Not that I’d imagine that anyone on the left would give a toss about women’s rights if they contradict multiculturalism.

Is nobody posting here at all concerned that up to 1.2 million British citizens favour a system of law, even if it is just for them that discriminates so blatantly against women?

Stupid question, really.

Oscar Wilde was imprinsoned? Yeah right, not stoned to death like in one of the Islamic countries that you all think are not much worse really.

]]> By: Michael http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8385 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:05:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8385 He was indeed, though admittedly he wasn’t actually put to death. I think by that stage we only had the death penalty for really serious things like murder, treason and setting fire to the Queen’s dockyards (the last two of which were only repealed in 1998).

]]> By: Jim Bliss http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8384 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:57:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8384 Good old Oscar Wilde. Wasn’t he imprisoned for something? Must have been back when Sharia was last part of the British legal system.

]]> By: Michael http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8383 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:56:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8383 Under sharia you could be put to death, you silly idiot.

Yes, but unless Lorna is planning to move to Iran or Saudi Arabia – which I would strongly advise against in the current climate, and I’m not just talking about the weather – this scenario isn’t going to arise.

Given that OP clearly imagines herself to be the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde, it seems apt to quote one of his characters: "That is clearly a metaphysical speculation, and like most metaphysical speculations has very little reference at all to the actual facts of real life, as we know them."

]]> By: Jim Bliss http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8382 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:53:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8382 Peter, you can’t expect OP to stick to the facts. That would undermine all of her arguments.

]]> By: Peter H http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8381 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:51:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8381 poll Old Peculier keeps referring to:<br/><br/>SO LONG AS THE PENALTIES DO NOT CONTRAVENE BRITISH LAW, I WOULD SUPPORT SHARIA COURTS BEING INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN, TO RESOLVE CIVIL CASES WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY<br/><br/>Agree 61% <br/>Disagree 30% <br/>Don't know 9% <br/><br/>Notice the question refers to Sharia courts dealing with <em>civil cases</em>, not the introduction of Sharia to all matters of life in Britain. As the article in The Guardian states, "Many civil cases in this country deal with family disputes such as divorce, custody and inheritance." While I do not support such a policy, the option of using alternative religious courts to settle civil matters is not <a href=http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/judgmentsfiles/j2410/kastner-v-sherman.htm>unprecedented in liberal Western democracies.]]> Old Peculier, if you are going to be a racist, at least get the facts straight. This is the question from the poll Old Peculier keeps referring to:

SO LONG AS THE PENALTIES DO NOT CONTRAVENE BRITISH LAW, I WOULD SUPPORT SHARIA COURTS BEING INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN, TO RESOLVE CIVIL CASES WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

Agree 61%
Disagree 30%
Don’t know 9%

Notice the question refers to Sharia courts dealing with civil cases, not the introduction of Sharia to all matters of life in Britain. As the article in The Guardian states, "Many civil cases in this country deal with family disputes such as divorce, custody and inheritance." While I do not support such a policy, the option of using alternative religious courts to settle civil matters is not unprecedented in liberal Western democracies.

]]> By: Jim Bliss http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8379 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:50:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8379 and again!

]]> By: Larry http://sbbs.johnband.org/2005/08/witch-huntery/#comment-8378 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:50:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=1356#comment-8378 Hah. Got it.

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