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I might point out that this particular programme was hauled over the coals by the body that regulates broadcasting in the UK. It was hauled over the coals for the way it was edited. That programme and another Ch4 programme from the same makers involved interviews and recorded footage of speeches that had been edited in such a way as to significantly misrepresent the subject.
When I watched the programme, some months ago, I was horrified. I generally hold this particular programme maker in high regard and my opinion of the state of British Islam was significantly altered by it. I was extremely angry to discover that the programme had apparently used such disingenuous tactics.
Oh and you're quite right. In the UK we've banned all free speech unless you are a moslem or have brown skin. Oh and we all live in constant fear of the Big Brother state and the ever-possible 'knock on the door'. Heck, can't talk to your neighbours freely, in case they inform on you and then you disappear. It's hell.
(except of course that the BNP isn't illegal. It's a legal political party with representatives in local government. They can publish whatever material they like as long as it doesn't cross the line into incitement to racial hatred/violence.)
Cock.
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