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| 3 Things That Made an Impact on Me Today (2) |
I am a big fan of Frank Turner, the singer/songwriter. He is playing in Belfast tonight, which is where I live. Last night I texted almost everyone in my phonebook who still lives in Belfast to ask if they wanted to go. Literally no one could go, or at least no one wanted to go. The gig is in a few short hours and I have no one to go with. It's a little depressing. I will know some people there, but I won't be going with them. Do I go myself?? I guess I was a little shocked at how many people had other things on in the middle of the week.
Wednesday is a hugely long day as regards university. I have seven hours of class, with only one hour of a break during the whole day. This is pretty much like school, but law courses only have about 9 hours of teaching a week; so I have 7 of those hours in one day. Being used to only 3-5 hours a day, having to do 7 is an awful shock to the system. Anyway, one of the classes was Company Law. Usually I don't understand this subject, and it bores me terribly. The only good thing is that my lecturer is incredibly hot!! Anyway, today class was really interesting. Still a bit complicated, but still. We learnt about shares and what rights and duties they conferred, and how a company financed itself. It was all super interesting and I understood, so I am pleased.
Finally, I saw a table at university today, with posters and flyers on it. The flyers had the headline "NO AIRTIME FOR FASCISTS!"
Upon reading the article on it I discovered that they are having a protest and want people to sign up. A program on the BBC is giving airtime to the leader of the BNP, in order for him to talk about the views and policies of the party. This protest group don't want that.
A little background knowledge: The BNP stands for British National Party. They are a political party made up of hoodlums, racists and people who will gladly use force to expel people who aren't white from the country. Their views disgust me.
This protest group want the BBC to refuse to allow the BNP to be a recognised political party, and refuse to allow them on TV. Now, the BBC is owned by the British government, although not controlled by it - they are a free press.
What strikes me is that, although the views of the BNP may seem absolutely abhorrent to most people, they are still allowed their views. The fundamental basis of a free democracy is freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and freedom of the press. To try to force the government to effectively outlaw the BNP from speaking publicly is completely contrary to democracy and freedom. To deny them their rights as citizens would be to make us fascist. We may not like what they believe but they have a right to say it, and to try to stop them makes us just as bad or worse. Fascism is based around forcing certain 'undesirable' political parties out and having a very authoritarian rule with very little freedom of expression. That is not what we want, and agreeing with these protesters is the first step down that road. I just thought that it was quite ironic that the protesters had not realised that they were being just as fascist as the people they were fighting against.
Wow, two entries in two days. I can't imagine this will always happen. I hope you enjoyed reading and I hope you all have a lovely day!!
God Bless all of you
Later Dudes
SaM
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Posted by samwisdom on 2009-10-14 09:35:37 | Rating: | Views: 37
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