Friday, August 19, 2005

Self-loathing over Stockwell / Spiked, 19 Aug 2005

http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAD0B.htm
Brendan O'Neill
"Far be it from me to doubt the good intentions of the Daily Mail, but since when has that paper been interested in defending 'innocent' immigrants against the 'bungling' forces of the state? In the handwringing over the killing of de Menezes we see the influence of fear and defeatism over sections of British society. This does nothing whatever to challenge the 'war on terror' or the creeping authoritarianism that has accompanied it; rather, it seems likely to nurture precisely the kind of conditions in which fear and authoritarianism can flourish."