Winston Churchill säger sanningen om islam…
In The Mood
Petterssons gör Sverige lagom!
"Envar har rätt till åsiktsfrihet och yttrandefrihet. Denna rätt innefattar frihet för envar att utan ingripanden hysa åsikter och frihet att söka, mottaga och sprida upplysningar och tankar genom varje slags uttrycksmedel och utan hänsyn till gränser." – FN:s deklaration om de mänskliga rättigheterna, artikel 19
Om Churchill, Europas räddare, hade uppstått idag hade han blivit doppad i tjära och rullad i fjädrar av de aningslösa. Churchill var förbisedd av dåtidens media på samma vis som dagens sanningssägare är det. Det finns en poäng, ett ödets ironi att han nekades att säga sanningarna offentligt av dåtidens Hamilton, Helin och Mattson. Vid ett tillfälle dock fick han chansen att tala i BBC, vid St. George’s day 1933 (ett år före Hitlers maktövertagande):
”I have been wondering what would have happened to him and his story if he had lived now-a-days. St George would have arrived in Cappadocia accompanied, not by a horse, but by a secretariat. He would have been armed, not with a lance, but with some flexible formulas. He would, of course have been welcomed by the local branch of the League of Nations, and, encouraged by them, he would have proposed a conference with the dragon. He would have made a trade agreement with the dragon and would certainly have lent him a lot of money raised from the Cappadocian taxpayers. The question of the maiden’s release, which is very important in the story, would no doubt have been referred to Geneva. It being understood that the dragon reserved all his rights in the meantime. Finally, St George would have been photographed with the dragon, inset the maiden.”
”We ought not on these occasions to allow our thoughts to exalt England at the expense of our fellow countrymen in these islands. But there are a few things I will venture to say to you about England. They are spoken in no invidious sense. Here, it never occurs to anyone that the banks would close their doors on their depositors; here it never occurs to anyone to question the fairness of the courts of law and justice; here no one would dream of persecuting his fellow subject, man or woman, on account of their race or religion; here, everyone, except the criminals, looks upon the policeman as the friend and servant of the public; here we provide for poverty and misfortune with more compassion, and more substantial provision, in spite of all our burdens, than any other great country; here we assert the rights of the citizen against the state; or criticise the government of the day, without failing in our duty to the crown. This England, this mighty London in which we are gathered is still the financial centre of the world. From the Admiralty building, half a mile away, orders can be sent to a fleet, which though much smaller than it used to be, or that it ought to be is still unsurpassed on the seas…”
Inte alltför olikt dagens situation?
Jag har alltid gillat Churchill, mitt första minne var direktsändningen av hans begravning 1965 men efter detta så tror jag att jag är i:
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Irving Berlin; Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers Top Hat (1935)
Det fanns mycken klarsyn i det han sa.