As we reported last month, when Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff appealed her “hate speech” conviction to a higher court in Austria, the earlier verdict was upheld. She stated afterwards that she would not pay the fine. To do so would effectively recognize the legitimacy of an unjust and tyrranical legal decision.

However, it turned out that it was impossible not to pay the fine: the Austrian judicial system has ways of compelling compliance. What happened to Elisabeth is described in the essay below.

Why I decided to pay the fine
by Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff

This past Thursday I asked the notary public in charge of my defense account to pay the now infamous €480 I was fined for my words the Austrian state deemed “an excessive assessment.”

You will recall that I was adamantly opposed to handing over nearly €500 to the government. I still feel this way. And I am still willing to go to jail. However, the legal constraints imposed on me have forced me to change course, and hand over money to the very state that has prosecuted and criminalized me for speaking the truth.

This is the story of what happened.

The terms of the verdict required me to pay 120 “day fines” of € 4 each, giving a total of €480, or spend two months in jail.

What was omitted from the court’s pronouncement was the fact that there is a step between the payment of the fine and going to jail: the bailiff would enter my family’s apartment with a warrant in an attempt to collect something worth €480. This might be anything, from my laptop to jewelry to the sofa.

Only if he were unable to make the necessary collection would I have to go to jail. In order to manage that, I would have to assault the bailiff — something that goes against my nature. So I really had no choice: I would have to pay the fine, one way or the other.

I found out about all this only fairly recently. As a result, I made a quick decision: I would pay the fine, much as I hated doing it.

My daughter’s well-being was also factored into the equation. Although she was a beacon of strength during the trial, I noticed a gradual change in her. She was clearly suffering, and that is something that I as a mother could not accept.

I believe in standing up for free speech, even if I put myself at risk. But I will not put my daughter at risk. The Austrian state has already victimized me. I will not permit them to victimize my daughter, too. It is my obligation as her mother not to do something that would scar her for life. If my daughter suffers, I suffer as well.

Rest assured that I loathed paying that fine. I still strongly resent the state’s decision to limit my freedom of speech.

I will continue my protest. We are not giving up, but merely changing our tactics.

I ask you to continue to support me and my fight for the right to freedom of speech. By extension, I am fighting for the rights of everyone, including those who are unaware that their rights are under threat.

If we do not stand up for our freedoms, we will lose them. Therefore I will continue to stand strong.

With your help, freedom will prevail!

My paying the fine does not mean I will cease fighting the verdict. As a matter of fact, if I raise enough funds, we can and will take this to the European Court for Human Rights.

Anyone who wants to contribute may visit Elisabeth’s Voice and make a donation using PayPal. Or, if you prefer, you may send a bank transfer using the following information for international payments:

Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich
IBAN: AT513150042908021602
BIC: RZBAATWW

Made out to: Public Notary Mag. Martin Scheichenbauer, Hemmaweg 5, A-9342 Gurk

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For previous posts on the “hate speech” prosecution of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, see Elisabeth’s Voice: The Archives.

This rant by an Arab demagogue about the evils of Israel and the magnificence of Hezbollah would be unexceptional if it were not for the fact that the man doing the ranting is a member of the Knesset — that is, an Israeli citizen elected to serve in his country’s parliament.

Many thanks to Jerry Gordon for the tip, to Walid Shoebat for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

To our readers in the United Kingdom:

In the comments, a link to a most interesting e-petition appeared:

No to 70 million

The body of the text reads:

Responsible department: Home Office

Over the past ten years the government has permitted mass immigration despite very strong public opposition reflected in numerous opinion polls. We express our deep concern that, according to official figures, the population of the UK is expected to reach 70 million within 20 years with two thirds of the increase due to immigration. While we recognise the benefits that properly controlled immigration could bring to our economy and society, this population increase, which is the equivalent of building seven cities the size of Birmingham, will have a huge impact both on our quality of life and on our public services yet the public has never been consulted. So we call on the government to take all necessary steps to get immigration down to a level that will stabilise our population as close to the present level as possible and, certainly, well below 70 million.”

This e-petition has received the following response:

This e-petition has reached 100,000 signatures. The Government has notified the Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons. This e-petition will remain live, and people will be able to continue adding their signatures.

In the meantime, we would like to update you on the Government’s current position on the substance of this e-petition.

“The response to this petition shows that the public feel strongly that immigration is too high and that this government should continue its work to bring numbers under control.

We have made sweeping changes to the immigration system to reduce net migration from the hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands.

We have already introduced a limit on non-EU workers coming to the UK, radically overhauled the student visa system to cut abuse and will shortly be announcing reforms to the family and settlement routes.”

The petition, sponsored by Sir Andrew Green, closes in October of this year. Meanwhile, it remains online, available for signing by eligible citizens. Please scroll to the the bottom of that petition; there is a prominent button leading to the signature page.

I hope government’s response is accurately told here. It seems too good to be true.

I only wish we had such a mechanism in the U.S.

The news feed is light tonight. Perhaps most of our tipsters were busy voting in the Republican primary in South Carolina (which Newt Gingrich won handily)…? Or maybe there are other reasons.

A third of the inmates in a jail for young offenders in London are Muslims, according to the latest statistics. There are also reports that many non-Muslims in the jail are converting to Islam, in order to get better food.

In other news, when a group of Salafist “morality police” invaded a beauty parlor in Egypt and demanded that the women there stop their immoral activities, the employees and customers of the establishment attacked the intruders with canes, beating them as they fled back into the street.

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I reported earlier today on a young “Norwegian” woman named Aisha Shezadi. Under the sponsorship of a literary association, Ms. Shezadi is currently touring Norwegian schools touting the personal values which inspire her to wear the niqab.

Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer just sent this update, which confirms my suspicions:

I’m including some additional information relating to the niqab promotion tour in Norway. It turns out that one of the main sponsors receives direct Government funding (what a surprise).

Here’s the translated excerpt from another article in VG.no:

The tour is sponsored by the Norwegian non-fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF) and the organization Les! The latter receives an annual sum of NOK 2.8 million in operational support from the government through the Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs.

That is, 2.8 million kroner (about $470,000) is being supplied by Norwegian taxpayers to support an enthusiastic supporter of the Taliban as she tours the country promoting the Islamic veil.

And the Norwegian establishment demonizes Fjordman, just because he opposes mass immigration, especially Islamic immigration.

It doesn’t get any crazier than this, not even in San Francisco.

The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has staged another massive attack in Nigeria, their deadliest so far. More than 140 people were killed.

In the BBC news clip below, notice the party-line spin added by the reporter exonerating the “mainstream” majority of Muslims in Nigeria — as if he had a telepathic feed into the general mindset of Nigerian Muslims.

Many thanks to Vlad Tepes for uploading this video:

Below are excerpts from an article on the same topic in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Nigerian Blasts Death Toll Rises to 143

A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city has killed at least 143 people.

It is the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Africa’s most populous nation.

Soldiers and police officers swarmed Kano’s streets as Nigeria’s president again promised the sect known as Boko Haram would “face the full wrath of the law.”

But the uniformed bodies of security agents that filled a Kano hospital mortuary again showed the sect can strike at will against the country’s weak central government.

Friday’s attacks hit police stations, immigration offices and the local headquarters of Nigeria’s secret police in Kano, a city of more than nine million people that remains an important political and religious centre in the country’s Muslim north.

A suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with powerful explosives outside a regional police headquarters, tearing its roof away and blowing out windows in a blast felt miles away as its members escaped jail cells there.

Authorities largely refused to offer casualty statistics as mourners began claiming the bodies of their loved ones to bury before sundown, following Islamic tradition.

However, a hospital official told The Associated Press at least 143 people were killed in the attack.

The toll could still rise, since other bodies could be held at other clinics and hospitals in the sprawling city.

State authorities enforced a 24-hour curfew in the city, with many remaining home as soldiers and police patrolled the streets and set up roadblocks. Gunshots echoed through some areas of the city into Saturday morning.

A Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message to journalists Friday. He said the attack came because the state government refused to release Boko Haram members held by the police.

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President Goodluck Jonathan also condemned an attack he said saw innocent people “brutally and recklessly cut down by agents of terror.”

“As a responsible government, we will not fold our hands and watch enemies of democracy, for that is what these mindless killers are, perpetrate unprecedented evil in our land,” Jonathan said in a statement.

“I want to reassure Nigerians … that all those involved in that dastardly act would be made to face the full wrath of the law.”

But Jonathan’s government has repeatedly been unable to stop attacks by Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sacrilege” in the Hausa language of Nigeria’s north.

The group has carried out increasingly sophisticated and bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law and avenge the deaths of Muslims in communal violence across Nigeria, a multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people.

Authorities blamed Boko Haram for at least 510 killings last year alone, according to an AP count, including an August suicide bombing on the UN headquarters in the country’s capital Abuja. So far this year, the group has been blamed for at least 219 killings, according to an AP count.

Boko Haram recently said it specifically would target Christians living in Nigeria’s north, but Friday’s attack saw its gunmen kill many Muslims. In a recent video posted to the internet, Imam Abubakar Shekau, a Boko Harm leader, warned it would kill anyone who “betrays the religion” by being part of or sympathising with Nigeria’s government.

“I swear by Allah we will kill them and their killing will be nothing to us,” Shekau said. “It will be like going to prayers at 5am”

A couple of Danish rappers engage in a spirited intellectual discussion about the relative merits of Pia Kjærsgaard and Morten Messerschmidt of the Danish People’s Party.

Many thanks to Vlad Tepes for uploading this video:

An article in The Telegraph the other day reported that billions of pounds are wasted every year on immigrants to the UK who draw state benefits without qualifying for them:

More than 370,000 migrants who were admitted to Britain to work, study or go on holiday are now claiming out-of-work benefits, according to official figures compiled for the first time.

A reader who goes by “in_totidem_verbis” left this bitterly amusing recommendation in the comments on the article:

Here’s a draft for a ‘Welcome to Britain’ leaflet.

Bring your criminal record, your diseases (our free health service can cope by denying drugs to those who have actually paid something towards the NHS) and your warped anti-Western ideology. We rarely check any of these aspects.

To ensure that you maximise your State benefits, remember to bring as many wives, children and aged dependants as possible. If you haven’t got any, just invent them because, by the time your local Benefit Office (where some of your brethren can be found) cottons on to the fraud, you will have accumulated your own property portfolio, which we will not confiscate for fear of putting a criminal label on your ethnicity.

Do not forget to demand to be pushed straight to the top of the local housing waiting list, ignoring those fools who have been waiting patiently for years. Insist on the very best accommodation for your extended family; we operate a ‘sky is the limit’ policy regarding rents (don’t be alarmed, you shall not have to contribute a penny).

Forget about integrating with your host country as we will do everything to ensure that you are granted ‘victim’ status from the day you arrive. For example, speaking the local language will never be a problem, because we are prepared to spend vast sums of money providing interpreters. This is also true of many of our inner city schools and shops where you will find that English is no longer the primary spoken/written language. Furthermore, all of your customs and traditions, such as forced marriages and ‘honour killings’, will either be rigorously upheld or simply ignored, because our government guarantees your human right to flout our laws. Besides, you can always escape to your native country to avoid punishment in our Courts.

Terrorists will find this country particularly accommodating as successive British governments have an excellent record of surrendering to domestic terrorism. Simply scream ‘racist’ and we will not undermine your suicide bomber recruitment campaign. Note also that, should you wish to publicly vilify our troops, you are in no danger of being charged with treason, because our advanced society no longer recognises traitors, either inside or outside of Parliament.

If you are unlucky enough to find yourself in an immigration detention centre (always assuming we can be bothered to find you), you will be provided with every possible amenity, including expensive lawyers that we will pay for. We achieve this by impoverishing our own elderly, sick and disabled, and appropriating money from those stupid enough to pay tax. You should also be reassured by the fact that there is a free, comprehensive, taxpayer-subsidised system of appeals at your disposal. If all else fails, there is always The European Court of Human Rights staffed by over 40 foreigners who will ensure that the British legal system is about as potent as a neutered tomcat.

Finally, please note that the Exit door at the airport is reserved for the indigenous population.

The following article just appeared in VG.no, the website for Norway’s largest newspaper, and was translated by our Norwegian correspondent The Observer.

It concerns a culturally enriched young woman named Aisha Shezadi, who is touring Norwegian schools giving talks about her personal values as they inform her decision to wear the niqab. Among her other values — which she is not discussing in her school talks — are fundamentalist Islamic sentiments which mandate support for the Taliban in their fight against Western forces stationed in Afghanistan.

Ms. Shezadi’s tour is funded in part by a literary association, which one may assume — this being Norway — acts as a semi-official arm of the government. The association dismisses concerns about funding a woman who supports its soldiers’ sworn enemies by saying, “There are many writers with many different opinions, both political and religious.”

But not really, of course; not in Modern Multicultural Norway.

Why is it all right for them to sponsor Ms. Shezadi? Here’s the justification: “She doesn’t encourage others to commit violence, and what she’s writing is not illegal. So we cannot see why we should terminate our cooperation with her.”

Such tolerance! Such respect for differences of opinion!

It would be wonderful if it were true. But remember: this woman actively supports an ultra-violent Islamic terror group, and the Norwegian state has no problem with allowing her to express her views, and even pays for her to do so.

Yet the same state has hounded, demonized, and ostracized conservative writers who do not promote violence and do not support organizations that commit violence. Their only crime is to oppose mass immigration and Islamization, which views are said to have caused — actually caused, mind you — the massacre of innocents by Anders Behring Breivik.

The sheer hypocrisy of it all is breathtaking.

As The Observer notes: “Maybe the other side (conservatives) should be allowed to talk to Norwegian students too?”

Not bloody likely.

The translation from today’s VG.no:

Aisha (20) supports the Taliban: Give talks to Norwegian students

Indifferent to hate video

Aisha Shezadi (20), from Bærum, is currently visiting schools all over the country. She wholeheartedly supports yesterday’s controversial demonstration in front of Parliament.

The young woman tells VG that she is indifferent to the hate video that created such heated debate earlier in the week. She also supports the Taliban in its war against Norwegian soldiers.

On January 11, in a Facebook comment under a picture where an ISAF and a Taliban fighter are juxtaposed, she writes:

“No matter how well equipped they are, they will never eliminate the lions of Allah.”

Unworthy War

“I support the Afghan freedom struggle against the ISAF soldiers, but I don’t necessarily support every tactic employed by the Taliban,” she says when VG confronts her with the statement.

The video was published on the Facebook page belonging to the organizers of yesterday’s demonstration against the Norwegian military involvement in Afghanistan. The PST sees the video as a direct threat to the royal family, the foreign minister, and the prime minister.

“I have really don’t have an opinion on it. Like many others I’m highly critical of the war in Afghanistan. It is a shameful war. Violence never solves anything,” the twenty-year-old says

Supports demonstration

These days she visits Norwegian schools and give talks about her values — partly paid for by the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association

She is among the very few who openly expressed support for yesterday’s controversial demonstration on social media network sites.

“I support the message of the demonstration, which is to get Norwegian troops out of Afghanistan,” she says to VG.

Shezadi has been very active on the Facebook page “Demonstration: Norwegian troops out of Afghanistan”, and she has made several controversial statements.

“In sha Allah, the demonstration will be a success … and the more attention it gets, the better it is for us — because then more will follow, we will In sha Allah (God willing) show what we can achieve […]” she wrote on January 10 on the Facebook page.

On the Facebook page Shezadi also voiced support for the Taliban Islamist movement, and says that democracy is unnecessary if there is Islamic law, Sharia.

“In theory, there’s no need for democracy if there is an Islamic state because the state itself will be governed by the principles of Sharia,” she says.

Sponsored by Norwegian organizations

The organization Les! (“Read!”) and the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF), sponsors Shezadi’s tour to teach Norwegian students about her values.

“The reason for the tour is to talk about her personal decision to wear a niqab, and she respects those guidelines. She also emphasizes that she doesn’t discuss other peoples choices or talk on behalf of other groups,” says Wanda Voldner, leader of the organization Les!

“My personal opinions on the demonstration and the video have absolutely nothing to do with this tour. I only talk about my book Unveiled and what it’s like to wear the niqab in Norway,” Shezadi says

Aisha Shezadi also reacted to statements made by Louiza Louhibi (21), who earlier this week was interviewed by VG and talked about the threats she received by the organizers behind Friday’s demonstration.

“So, good for you then that you’re engaging in censorship of those who disagree with you then … wimp,” Shezadi wrote in a comment to the group “Oppose net extremists”, a site founded and run by Louhibi.

“I think it was cowardly of Louiza Louhibi to censor comments. She removed several that she didn’t like — which basically contradicts the freedom of expression that she is championing,” Shezadi says.

You are 20 years old. You know what you’re saying can cause reactions?

“Don’t misunderstand me. I condone everything I have written and said, but because I don’t go into explicit detail about everything I write it can be perceived as controversial,” she explains.

Does not encourage violence

The association Les! has this to say about Shezadi’s Facebook comments:

“She doesn’t encourage others to commit violence, and what she’s writing is not illegal. So we cannot see why we should terminate our cooperation with her,” says Voldnes.

The Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF), sponsors the school tour. Their views are:

“There are many writers with many different opinions, both political and religious. NFF does not engage in censorship. We have no position on this, and it has no impact on our funding of the tour,” says Trond Andreassen, Secretary General of the NFF.

Aisha Shezadi did not participate in yesterday’s demonstration, as she was sick.

The Syrian interior minister says his country has lost $2 billion in oil revenues since the EU imposed sanctions on Syria back in September.

In economic news, Austria has issued 50-year bonds for the first time in its history. At their first auction they sold well, with a yield only slightly higher than that of the 10-year bonds issued the same day.

In other news, two European aid workers were kidnapped in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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A Jordanian woman who was the victim of an attempted “honor killing” speaks out about her ordeal on Quebec TV.

Many thanks to Bear for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

A Norwegian leftist group has organized a demonstration for today in front of Parliament in Oslo opposing the war in Afghanistan. As we reported on Tuesday, its Facebook page — perhaps to some of its members’ discomfort — had linked approvingly to a jihad video that called for the violent and painful death of Prime Minister Stoltenberg, the Crown Prince, and other Norwegians.

Now the police have arrested a man for allegedly uploading the video. Strangely enough, he turns out to be of “Central American”, rather than “Middle Eastern” background. Since the suspect’s name hasn’t been released, the Mohammed Coefficient of the incident is unknown.

Here’s the story from The Local:

Suspect arrested over Islamist threat video

A 21-year-old man will face a remand hearing on Friday following his arrest on suspicion of having posted a hateful video to the internet calling on Allah to destroy members of the Norwegian government and royal family.

The suspect will appear in front of Skien district court in south-eastern Norway at 1pm on Friday.

The man, a Norwegian citizen with a Central American family background, was arrested at his home in the town at 11pm on Wednesday by officers from the Telemark police service and the domestic police intelligence agency, PTS. [emphasis added]

He faces preliminary charges of threatening state officials and incitement to terrorism.

The suspect’s lawyer, John Christian Elden, said his client admitted to being behind the video but did not believe it contained any threats.

“He was not previously known to police, and he doesn’t think he has done anything illegal, even though he admits that he’s the one who posted the video,” said Elden.

A link to the video was posted in the early hours of Tuesday morning in a Facebook group with 1,600 members called ‘Demonstrasjon: Norske soldater ut av Afghanistan’ [Demonstration: Norwegian soldiers out of Afghanistan]. The group’s aim is to gather protesters for a rally outside the Oslo parliament on Friday.

The number of group members has dropped to below 1,300 since the video appeared there.

In the video, images of Crown Prince Haakon, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre are accompanied by a song in Arabic that contains the words: “Oh Allah, destroy them, and let it be painful”.

The clip, which is just over four minutes long, also features pictures of Norwegian soldiers and injured children. It ends with the sound of an explosion and a picture of a Norwegian vehicle in flames.

The embedded offending video may be seen at Tuesday’s post.

Hat tip: The Observer.

I was out most of the day paying a long-anticipated visit to the dentist and doing other chores. That’s why posting has been light.

In economic news, the Fitch ratings agency says that it may downgrade the debt six Eurozone countries before the end of January. France is said not to be among the affected countries. Meanwhile, Britain’s total debt is now five times as high as its GDP.

A safe containing radioactive material was stolen from a nuclear power plant in Egypt. Special investigative units have been deployed by the Egyptian government to track down the stolen material.

In other news, a theatre group in Denmark says it will stage a monologue based on Anders Behring Breivik’s manifesto. Its plans have provoked criticism from Norway.

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An anonymous Gates of Vienna reader in England sent us the following transcript of a conversation in a pub.

A Conversation With A Liberal

Something rather strange happened last night. Firstly, I was in a pub, which is in itself unusual. Secondly, I found myself in conversation with some rather earnest liberal types. The conversation turned to politics, which led eventually to a rather silly looking woman (RSLW) saying that she hated the BNP.

PW:		Really, why is that?
RSLW:		Because they are horrible, fascist, skinhead brutes.
PW:		I see. And what is your opinion of Muslim fundamentalists? Do you hate them also?
RSLW:		No, why would I hate them?
PW:		You don’t think of them as horrible, fascist, bearded brutes?
RSLW:		No, certainly not. What are you trying to say? Are you a racist?
PW:		How many foreign people have the BNP murdered? That you are aware of?
RSLW:		Well, I’m not sure, but they must have murdered someone. That’s what they are like.
PW:		I am not aware of any foreign people murdered in the name of the BNP, but I am aware of the 52 people murdered in the name of the of Islam in London in 2005, and the 2,973 murdered in the name of Islam in America on 9/11, and over 1,000,000 murdered in the name of Islam in the Sudan. Historically there have been hundreds of millions murdered in the name of Islam across the world, as every year there are hundreds of thousands murdered in the name of Islam. Are you prepared to admit therefore, that Islam is a murderous religion?
RSLW:		No, Islam is a religion of peace.
PW:		But the BNP is a violent sect? Filled with murderous racists? Even though you cannot name a single murder carried out in their name?
RSLW:		Yes, that’s right. Even if they don’t murder people, we all know they would like to.
PW:		Would you say that the BNP, whatever you may think about them, believe that their country is under threat?
RSLW:		No, they are just a bunch of thugs, looking for any excuse to hate.
PW:		Would you say that the fundamentalist Muslims, who murder your fellow countrymen in the name of Islam, were intent on eventually taking control of your country and running it as an Islamic state?
RSLW:		What! Oh my God, you really are a racist aren’t you?
PW:		But is not a fact that the BNP claim they are acting in defence of your country; and is not a fact that the fundamentalist Muslims claim they want to take over your country?
RSLW:		Look, you are just trying to put words into my mouth, you are obviously a racist who…..
PW:		Sorry to interrupt you, but I just want to get something straight here. On the one hand we have followers of a religion called Islam, who murder us in the name of that religion and inform us that their ultimate ambition is to conquer us, whilst on the other hand we have a group of people who have murdered no-one, and who wish to defend your country, yet you think the BNP is filled with murderous haters and that Islam is a religion of peace?
RSLW:		Yes, absolutely. Only a racist would think otherwise.
PW:		Have you read George Orwell’s 1984?

RSLW:		Of course I have! I have a second-class degree in English Literature from the University of Leeds!
PW:		How admirable. A veritable achievement indeed. One assumes therefore you are familiar with the daily Two Minute Hate, carried out by Big Brother’s state propagandists, aimed at rousing the passionate hatred of the populace against Emmanuel Goldstein?
RSLW:		Yes! Absolutely! Overt propaganda utilised as a means of empowering the state at the expense of the common man in the street! Margaret Thatch…
PW:		My dear, you must excuse my interrupting you again, but do you not think that you yourself might be a victim of State propagandist and brainwashing techniques?
RSLW:		Me? Absolutely not! I just happen to be a senior advertising account executive; there is little I do not know about propagandist techniques.
PW:		Fascinating, but is not a fact that the British State, via the media, relentlessly portrays Islam as a religion of peace and the BNP as a party of violent racists?
RSLW:		Yes, but…
PW:		You say you are not the victim of propaganda, yet you defend Islam as a religion of peace, even whilst you admit they commit mass murder in the name of their religion and have a stated ambition of taking over your country; yet you denounce the BNP, who you admit have murdered no-one, and act only in the defence of your country, as murderous racist thugs?
RSLW:		You are deliberately confusing me, and you are deliberately putting words into my mouth again, I…
PW:		My dear lady, I fear the confusion resides only within you. Whilst it has been most enlightening talking to you, I regret that I must now away. Alternative hostelries within the near vicinity beckon, with an ever-growing sense of urgency.

PW exits stage left. The earnest liberals continue drinking half-pints of fizzy beer and small measures of Cuvee Napa Brut — all of them uniformly appalled that such an ignorant and racist individual had so recently been within their fragrant and enlightened midst.