On This Memorial Day We Remember Lee Rigby 25 a Father A Soldier

The worse thing for any soldier but particularly, the soldiers I know which are  the best of the crob, American,Canadian, Dutch,Spanish Australian, French. Im sure there are others.  But soldiers at one time or the other have stated that the worse thing for a soldier is to die at home or in a car accident, a truck ran over, a truck carrying  bombs. Lee Rigby was to die one of those deaths. Dying right on the street full of friendly civilians in front of a city bus. Sometimes we can’t choose the way we go, even though soldiers sometimes because of the work they do, sometimes do get a choice. I am sure this was not the choice of Lee Rigby. I am sorry that he died and died for so little since the point being made went down with the blood and brutality of the crime. If anything else it hurt the cause of the killers. They know how to kill and how use knives and IE’s, but don’t have a mind that if they believe in god you have leave something behind by your god to take care of and you try to take care of talking to another human being so as to no more people are killed. But is plain that the killer had no respect for human life and the message saying the West doesn’t is down in the drains of Paris.

WHEN Lee Rigby was butchered to death by lunatics making a human sacrifice to the god voices in their heads, we knew that no nutjobs would break us. We are fair. We are strong. And then the police moved to arrest two men who had made “offensive” comments on twitter. It took the police fifteen minutes to arrest two armed jihadi-obsessed psychos who had hacked a man to death in the street. What odds they were swifter in nicking a 23-year-old and a 22-year-old for allegedly breaking the Public Order Act?

As ever, someone looking to be offended found something to dislike on twitter. They called Avon and Somerset Police. The thought police then nicked the two Bristol residents on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred.

Says Detective Inspector Ed Yaxley in full PR mode:

“On Wednesday evening, we were contacted by people concerned about comments made on social media accounts. We began inquiries into the comments and at around 3.20am two men, aged 23 and 22, were detained at two addresses in Bristol. The men were arrested under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred. Our inquiries into these comments continue.”

What did the tweeters say that was so offensive that it necessitated their seizure?

“These comments were directed against a section of our community. Comments such as these are completely unacceptable and only cause more harm to our community in Bristol. People should stop and think about what they say on social media before making statements as the consequences could be serious.”

Yeah. They can get arrested. They can get a criminal record that should damage their lives. But until we know what they said and who was offended by it, we can’t judge.

The men have been released on police bail. But, again, what did they say?

Channel 4 implies that the comments might have directed at Muslims.

On Thursday, the Islamic Human Rights Commission wrote to Bernard Hogan-Howe, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, asking for vigilance in prosecuting those who “incite murder or hatred” on Twitter.

Chair of IHRC, Massoud Shadjareh said, “Muslims are justifiably scared at the moment, as there is a backlash taking place, mosques have been attacked and threats towards Muslims are common on social media, we call on the police to protect communities from any sort of racist or Islamaphobic attack.”

Anyone inspired to acts of violence by a tweet is a mentally negligible pillock. They don’t need arresting. They need ignoring. Same for anyone who thinks two barbaric maniacs epitomise all Muslims, or that all Britons are to blame for a man’s brutal death. Best ignored. Or, failing that, mocked.

But her’s the thing: if the people making threats on Twitter are being arrested will the police nick them all? Are the Twitter Police even handed or pushing an agenda?

We are no fans of the English Defence League and their leader Tommy Robinson. But he’s been getting some interesting Tweets. Are you offended by them? Will you call the police after reading them? Or are the police only interested in assaulting free speech to showcase their own anti-racist credentials?  

It calls to mind the treatment dished out to Emma West, the Croydon tram lady whose racist rantupset the righteous of twitter to such a degree that many called for her to be raped and murdered, and her child to be made motherless.

Intolerance will not be tolerated!  

 {{Adam---with private sources on the net}} Picures and also sourcing from Anorak