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Recent Publications by New English Review Authors
In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple
Defending The West:
by Ibn Warraq
Nations, Language and Citizenship:
by Norman Berdichevsky
Romancing Opiates
by Theodore Dalrymple
Which Koran?
by Ibn Warraq
Our Culture, What's Left of It
by Theodore Dalrymple
What The Koran Really Says
by Ibn Warraq
Life at the Bottom
by Theodore Dalrymple
The Origins of the Koran
by Ibn Warraq
Why I Am Not Muslim
by Ibn Warraq
Spanish Vignettes: An Offbeat Look Into Spain's Culture, Society & History
by Norman Berdichevsky
Leaving Islam
Edited by Ibn Warraq
Monday, 5 May 2008
Star Wars Day
I did not realise that yesterday was Star Wars Day.
May the Fourth . . . be with you.
Posted on 12:51 PM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
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5 May 2008
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Now Luke here....

5 May 2008
John M. J.

Sith - and what revenge this is - is an archaic, still used by some true Englishmen (and women) , word for since. It's from the Old English word siththa, which, in turn, is short for siththan. It's assumed that sithee comes from the same root - we used language differently from times present (this debased and shallow age), once upon a time. Once upon a time we could use language - no more, alas!

So, Revenge of the Sith, Revenge of times Since, Revenge of the Past. Yes, it fits! It's so nesh - especially to the cold wind of political correctness blowing through our language today.

Brrrrrrrrr. I shiver and suffer under the ridiculous strictures imposed upon us. No to jihad, no to Islamo-fascist,  no to leftist, no to women and no to men, no to gay and no to straight. Just people, apparently, and we're all the same - just that some of want to kill some others of us for not being 'all the same', but we're not supposed to say that, are we?

So, I'm not supposed to mention the elephant in the room - no, I musn't. No, no, never talk about it - if we just don't talk about it then it may just go away and leave us all alone. Fat chance of that, eh! Then let's name the elephant, let's give the elphant a real name, something we can speak out loud - go on, let's name it:: let's call it for what it is, Islam the Elephant.

Perhaps it's best that we give the elephant a proper name - like Boris or Ken. How about calling it Obama - that seems right to me. Obama the Elephant - even better, how about Obama, the Elephant of Islam. Let's not mince words here - how about, quite simply, Barack the Elephant.  Let's barrack Obama for his Elephantine, slow moving, disingenuous views on Islam.

Go on, let's all barrack Obama for his sins - and, let's face it, they are many.

Barrack Obama - seems OK to me!



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