On the subject of Brit blight I came by
this article that, while mostly behind a paywall, interestingly enuff kicks off with a passage from "The Lord Of The Rings" culminating with. . . . . .
“This is worse than Mordor!” said Sam. “Much worse in a way. It comes home to you, as they say; because it is home, and you remember it before it was all ruined.”
- Something is rotten in the state of Britain. It was epitomized by a recent event at the Oxford Union, the 201-year-old debating society that is such a distinctive and admirable part of Oxford life.
The motion for debate was in itself a provocation: “This House Believes Israel Is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide.”
During the debate, the pro-Israel speakers were repeatedly heckled by the crowd. At one point, a young woman stood up and screamed at Jonathan Sacerdoti, who was arguing for Israel’s side: “Liar! Fuck you, the genocidal motherfucker!”
The motion passed by 278 in favor to 59 against.
Reading reports of this shameful fiasco at my alma mater, I found myself wondering: Where are the Thought Police when you really need them? After all, the Oxford Union’s latest debate sounded a lot like one of those “noncrime hate incidents” that currently consume so much of the British police’s time.
It seems mine is a country with a death wish. Can we avoid national suicide?
The in-full article can be read
here.
