{"id":3361,"date":"2014-05-18T01:16:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T05:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2014-05-18T01:17:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T05:17:02","slug":"british-politician-arrested-for-quoting-winston-churchill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2014\/05\/18\/british-politician-arrested-for-quoting-winston-churchill\/","title":{"rendered":"British Politician Arrested for Quoting Winston Churchill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saved UK from Nazis, not PC enough for today’s UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, just another<\/a> minor example<\/a>\u00a0of the religion of “peace” flexing its muscles in the UK.<\/p>\n

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A candidate in the European elections was arrested on suspicion of racial harrassment after quoting a passage about Islam, written by Winston Churchill, during a campaign speech.<\/p>\n

Paul Weston, chairman of the party Liberty GB, made the address on the steps of Winchester Guildhall, in Hampshire on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A member of the public took offence at the quote, taken from Churchill’s The River War and\u00a0called police.<\/p>\n

The passage from the book, written by the wartime Prime Minister and first published in 1899, focuses on Churchill’s observations about Islam while serving during the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan.<\/p>\n

Mr Weston told his audience: ‘Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.<\/p>\n

‘Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all know how to die but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.<\/p>\n

‘No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The book, clearly, is anachronistic. Freedom to criticize Islam<\/a> is sooo 19th century!<\/p>\n

Reportedly, a woman came out of the Guildhall and asked Mr Weston if he had the authorisation to make this speech.<\/p>\n

When he answered that he didn’t, she told him: ‘It’s disgusting’, and then called the police.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course you need authorization to quote Churchill. And what determines if you have the right to have your say or not is how that makes ME feel!<\/p>\n

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Police officers arrested Mr Weston, mid-speech, for failing to comply with their request to move on under the powers of a dispersal order made against him.<\/p>\n

He was further arrested on suspicion of religious or racial harassment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What I find most disturbing is the silence of secularists in the face of this horror-in the weeks that have passed since this happened. Wake up, people! This is at least as important as any state\/church issue that has your attention at the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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