IndyMedia (UK) – massive westminster security breach – won’t be on mainstream: yesterday afternoon, a lone protester drove her car through the main gates into the westminster compound, her aim to perform a citizen’s arrest on tony blair.
Many talking heads were inside the compound at the time, yet there’s no mention of it in today’s news. Anywhere.
I have a copy of this video saved to disk… and a good lead or two on the vapour trail.
If anyone has anything to contribute, let me know. I think people deserve to know where this came from.
UPDATE – This grubby piece of propaganda has now been removed… but you can download a copy of it here.
I figured that this piece of garbage needed to be recycled. Please enjoy this audio-visual alternative, and do share it with your friends. (Note – The lecture about Easter Eggs is based on a Sunday School lesson that I attended as a child, which you can read about here.)
UPDATE – This parody has since been removed… but you can download a copy of the original video here.
This is the most disgraceful and misleading bile that I have seen in a long time.
Poor little Jane. Just because she’s not into the orgy scene, she gets branded a homophobe and assigned correction therapy.
Any decent Christian should disown this garbage outright.
UPDATE (5pm) – An enhanced screen capture that you may wish to share.
UPDATE (10pm) – I thought a transcript was in order. The script is verbatim as far as I can tell, with some minor variations between the supers and voice-over… but do let me know if there are any discrepancies beyond these. The directions/descriptions (in HIGH CAPS) are mine.
[START]
[WHITE SUPERS OVER BLACK BACKGROUND WITH VOICE-OVER]
SUPERS: CAUTION – The following film contains scenes that many viewers may find disturbing and should not be viewed by anyone under 18.
V.O./SUPERS: The government is determined to pass a law that will, among other things, force schools to teach homosexual sex and relationships to children of all ages in all schools.
V.O./SUPERS: 14 Primary Schools in England are currently running pilot schemes to introduce children to homosexuality. This will become law on Wednesday this week so there is not much time.
V.O./SUPERS: This law is called the Sexual Orientation Regulations and it is being rushed through so Parliament cannot even debate it and no-one can protest.
V.O./SUPERS: If you are fed up of being insulted by homosexuals as being “homophobic,” “bigoted,” and equivalent to a racist, just because you don’t agree that children should be taught about gay sex and relationships, then be at: PARLIAMENT SQUARE at 12 NOON, WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH for 1 hour.
V.O./SUPERS: The film that follows is an enactment of what will happen to your children at some time in the near future and is based upon direct evidence from teachers.
V.O./SUPERS: We have created this using camera trickery, but soon it will be a reality.
[FADE TO BLACK]
[FADE UP TO: A FEMALE TEACHER ADDRESSES A CLASSROOM OF 20+ CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 7. THE CHILDREN ARE OF MIXED SEX AND RACE. DIGITALLY-INSERTED POSTERS THAT READ; ‘CHILDREN, BE GAY’ DON THE WALLS OF THE ROOM.]
[NOTE: THE SHOOT AND EDIT MAKE IT OBVIOUS TO THE TRAINED EYE THAT THE CHILDREN WERE PROTECTED FROM THE CONTENT OF THE SCRIPT AT ALL TIMES. IT CAN BE TAKEN AS A GIVEN THAT THE ACTUAL CONVERSATION WITH THE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE BEEN MARKEDLY DIFFERENT TO THE SCRIPT.]
TEACHER: Now today, children, we’re going to learn about relationships and the importance of not believing that you have to have either a Mummy or a Daddy to have a proper family. Now if you think that alternative families are not good, then you’re a homophobic; and that’s a very bad thing… it means that you’re not normal… OK?
[CHILDREN NOD]
TEACHER: It’s important to find out whether you’re gay or bisexual, as all of us are really bisexual; which means that we enjoy having sex with either men or women. Some people are just gay, and some people only have sex with the opposite sex. The important thing to remember is that a family can be anything that you want it to be; it could be two Daddies, or ten Daddies… or you might have two Mummies or lots of Mummies, and lots of Daddies, all enjoying having sex with each other.
[‘JANE’ STARTS CRYING]
TEACHER: Now, you’re only crying, Jane, because you’re homophobic, and we’re here to help you change that… OK?
[TEACHER PRODUCES AND DISPLAYS A ‘GRAPHIC’ IMAGE (DIGITALLY BLURRED)]
TEACHER: Now children, you see this picture here… I’m going to teach you how to experiment with each other’s bodies, to find out whether or not you’re gay. It’s fun to play with each other, and you’ll soon find out whether or not you’re actually gay.
[‘POLLY’ PUTS HER HAND UP]
TEACHER: Yes, Polly?
POLLY: What’s our homework today?
TEACHER: Well, your homework tonight is to write a story about yourself as a bisexual person who is upset about something that has been said to you. You could imagine that they told you your lifestyle wasn’t normal, or that they said children should have a Mummy and a Daddy that don’t have sex with other people.
[FADE TO BLACK]
[WHITE SUPERS OVER BLACK BACKGROUND WITH VOICE-OVER]
V.O./SUPERS: You are being discriminated against, so make your voice heard at: PARLIAMENT SQUARE at 12 NOON, WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH for 1 hour.
V.O./SUPERS: This campaign is supported by top lawyers, judges, MPs, doctors, religious leaders and, above all, the vast majority of the British public.
V.O./SUPERS: Forward the link to this film to everyone you know.
[FADE TO BLACK]
[END]
UPDATE – This grubby piece of propaganda has now been removed… but you can download a copy of it here.
I heartily approve of this. [NSFW audio] (via)
I met Peter Hain back in 2004 and we had a nice, long chat. I can confirm that he talked in a perfectly frank manner about foreign policy with a line that’s not too far from what he’s disseminating publicly now… but it’s the votes that do the damage. I have a similar – and, I would argue, perfectly justified – level of outrage, and I feel let down by the entire political class. The level of mendacity and complicity alone is enough to make you weep. Don’t get me started on the role of the bloody media… we could be here all day.
(ahem)
Moving on with some added extras…
– I recommend that you read this and this excellent ‘background’ post. (via)
– Rachel North is no longer accepting comments from unregistered users of Blogger.
– I’ve answered a question here and will happily link to it.
The Young Britons’ Foundation: Television Techniques Training Workshop
I bet Iain can teach them some wonderful tricks.
UPDATE – Oh, what the hell, let’s have a small meme.
What did you post on 20 March, 2003?
(or as close to this date as possible)
Doesn’t have to be a blog entry; it could easily be in usenet or in a forum.
So long as it’s from you.
Start with your post from (or near) that date:
If it’s from an old forum like the example below, include a link to your current home on the interwebs and the relevant entry like so:
Tim Ireland: March 18 2003 (posting as ‘Manic’)
Then have a little chat about your entry:
For those who are wondering, full details of the mystery project from March 2003 (which started here) were later posted here and here. As you can probably tell, it was a bit of a defining moment for me.
Then ‘tag’ 5 other bloggers like so:
Justin
Clive
Wibbler
Beau Bo D’Or
Devil’s Kitchen
And make sure you include this bit of text or we’re gonna run short of able participants *real* quick:
Don’t worry if their current archives don’t go all the way back to 2003. Odds are, they said something *somewhere* at the time that they know is theirs and still exists in the usenet archive, on the web, or in the web archive.
(PS – If you want to label it, use ‘eve of war‘. Cheers.)
UPDATE – This is pretty cool… a post from Clive including some stuff that I haven’t seen*, a post from Beau Bo D’Or with a picture I missed, and a post from Justin about those heady, carefree days of Bar Room Philosophy.
(*Some of which, I can thankfully say that I still have not seen. Despite any rumours you may hear.)
UPDATE – Hello, Wibbler.
Take a look at the comments under this entry. The response at 1:38pm will astound you with its arrogant brevity.
Special measures might be required for this ‘expert’ blogger spammer.
UPDATE (20 Mar) – Actually, this is turning into a promising conversation that’s well-overdue. Would it be churlish to suggest that Iain might one day wish to take credit for hosting such an important debate?
;o)
I would like to thank everyone who has welcomed me as part of this community. I would especially like to thank all of the people who have simply accepted me as part of this community.
Since I arrived here, the only people who have asked “Why don’t you go back to where you came from?” have been Tories.
By way of thanks, I would like to point out that not *all* of the Tories I have met have asked me “Why don’t you go back to where you came from?”
And the winner is… (overly long pause)… Cyndi!
(terribly awkward pause)
No! Wait! Erm… it’s Scooch!
Totally unprofessional.
I wasn’t impressed with Cyndi’s entry, but no performer deserves to be humiliated like that on live television.
PS – “Would you like something to suck on for the landing, sir?”… WTF? It looks like we are headed for a Conservative Benny Hill government after all. Maybe every country *does* get the Eurovision entry they deserve.
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