http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2007/05/26/just-in-case-you-thought-the-aclu-was-bad/ Spreading Conservative ideas across the net. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2007/05/26/just-in-case-you-thought-the-aclu-was-bad/#comment-638876 Mon, 28 May 2007 09:19:50 +0000 http://thewideawakes.org/archives/2007/05/26/just-in-case-you-thought-the-aclu-was-bad/#comment-638876 [...] Britain’s version of the A.C.L.U. “Liberty” may be even worse than the American organization (if that’s possible). Here are some of their finer moments as listed by one blogger: That’s the thing, of course. Liberty’s definition of ‘human rights’ - just like ACLU’s - tends to be somewhat…. partial ? Slanted ? Completely howling-mad crazy ? Britain lacks anything as concise as the US Constitution, but let’s just take the First Amendment rights, and see how Liberty has defended them. How about freedom of speech ? What did Liberty say when countryside activist Robin Page was arrested by the police on bogus ‘hate crimes’ charges ? …. Well, OK, how about freedom of religion ? What about when an elderly couple were interrogated by police after asking for their local council to give equal prominence to Christian and homosexualist literature ? …. Nope, must have been busy then too. Press freedom ? Hmmm…. no luck there either. Come to think of it, Liberty couldn’t even bestir themselves for the bestest bogus ‘hate crimes’ story ever. [...] […] Britain’s version of the A.C.L.U. “Liberty” may be even worse than the American organization (if that’s possible). Here are some of their finer moments as listed by one blogger: That’s the thing, of course. Liberty’s definition of ‘human rights’ - just like ACLU’s - tends to be somewhat…. partial ? Slanted ? Completely howling-mad crazy ? Britain lacks anything as concise as the US Constitution, but let’s just take the First Amendment rights, and see how Liberty has defended them. How about freedom of speech ? What did Liberty say when countryside activist Robin Page was arrested by the police on bogus ‘hate crimes’ charges ? …. Well, OK, how about freedom of religion ? What about when an elderly couple were interrogated by police after asking for their local council to give equal prominence to Christian and homosexualist literature ? …. Nope, must have been busy then too. Press freedom ? Hmmm…. no luck there either. Come to think of it, Liberty couldn’t even bestir themselves for the bestest bogus ‘hate crimes’ story ever. […]

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