GayandRight

My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam. I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)

Sunday, September 11, 2005

This is no way to fight terrorism...

These advisors clearly don't understand the significance of the holocaust.
A team of advisors appointed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the cancellation of the British Holocaust Memorial Day in order to avoid offending the country's Muslim population.

According to the Sunday Times Blair has promised to respond to the plans, but the threat to the Holocaust Day has provoked a fierce backlash from the Jewish community.

The committee's proposal suggested that the memorial day's name be changed to "Genocide Memorial Day," thereby commemorating the large numbers of deaths of Muslims in Israel, Chechnya, and Bosnia. It would encompass genocides of other peoples as well.

The proposals will be transmitted to the British cabinet ministers within 10 days.

The advisory committee was established following the July terror attacks on London, Army Radio reported, while tackling extremism was it's main goal.
"Large number of deaths of Muslims in Israel"????? What are they talking about...how on earth can they compare anything in the middle east to the holocaust?