Given the recent confrontation between the egotisical media-whores from Indolent Strangers for the Welfare State and the fomer(?) Communist, who was once a sympathiser for a mass-murdering war criminal (how's that for mud-flinging?), it is worth reading Yakoub Islam's response to the latter's patronising drivel on how Muslim parents should raise their children. Some will see Reid's comments as a specific targetting of Muslims. Personally, I see it as part of the general nannying approach which Neo-Labour has adopted when trying to solve social issues (perhaps this is a consequence of the total transformation of the family and general loosening of social bonds). In this case, even Omar Brooks (pictured), a professional Angry Muslim, is right when he says the government should not be interfering in parent-children relationships. (One might also see Reid's lecturing as an example of the patronising tone about "British values" adopted by prominent politicians, largely playing to the gallery, when addressing people still seen as 'immigrants'.)
And whenever I see these professional Muslim Extremists, I am always reminded of T. J. Winter's essay, "The Poverty of Fanaticism".
Update (21/9): I'm watching Question Time, and a good point was raised. Since when was heckling politicians ever considered a crime (whatever one thinks of Brooks' views)? Have people not seen Prime Minister's Question Time?
Update (22/9): See some more on Comrade Reid's altercation with Brooks at Indigo Jo, Rolled-Up Trousers and Bloggerheads.
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