Labour peer blames "Jewish conspiracy" for dangerous driving conviction

[khib70]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theres-no-place-for-antisemitism-in-the-labour-party-ed-miliband-condemns-lordahmed-over-claims-he-blamed-imprisonment-on-jewish-conspiracy-8533813.html
Disgraceful. Full marks to Labour for their reaction. Thought we'd heard the last of this sort of nonsense years ago. His Lordship struck a car, killing the driver, after sending texts at 70mph. He thinks his 12 week sentence was excessive, and those nasty Jews were out to get him.........

[Pretty Boy]

No excuse for such nonsense.

[Beefster]

To be fair, they can't start World Wars, control the financial system and be puppet-masters to governments all the time so they probably concentrate on prosecuting serious traffic offences in their spare time.

[hibsbollah]

Idiot. On a number of levels. The jewish conspiracy shtick is disgraceful, but the texting on a motorway is totally widespread and id support far harsher sentences. You just need to be on a bus through to Glasgow looking out at the cars thundering past to appreciate how many people do this, sometimes for 10 seconds without looking at the road with young kids in the back.

[Future17]

I assume he is to remain a Lord, further ridiculing our ridiculous and antiquated system of government?

[--------]

Idiot. On a number of levels. The Jewish conspiracy shtick is disgraceful, but the texting on a motorway is totally widespread and id support far harsher sentences. You just need to be on a bus through to Glasgow looking out at the cars thundering past to appreciate how many people do this, sometimes for 10 seconds without looking at the road with young kids in the back.


Yup.

The creep got away with a 12 weeks sentence for an offence which is as dangerous - if not MORE dangerous - and driving under the influence.

I've lost count of the number of times I see people each day driving with a mobile phone either glued to their ear or in their hand, talking away or texting, paying no attention to the road or to the other traffic and pedestrians around them. A lot of the ones I see are 'professional' drivers - a lengthy loss of licence with the obligation to re-sit their driving-tests at the end is the minimum I'd slap on them.

If they cause injury or death, prison.

[(((Fergus)))]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theres-no-place-for-antisemitism-in-the-labour-party-ed-miliband-condemns-lordahmed-over-claims-he-blamed-imprisonment-on-jewish-conspiracy-8533813.html
Disgraceful. Full marks to Labour for their reaction. Thought we'd heard the last of this sort of nonsense years ago. His Lordship struck a car, killing the driver, after sending texts at 70mph. He thinks his 12 week sentence was excessive, and those nasty Jews were out to get him.........

He got 12 weeks for culpable homicide? Are you sure his lawyer wasn't Jewish? There certainly must have been some sort of conspiracy to get off with that.

Mind you, since Milliband is suspending him and Milliband is a Jew, maybe he has got a point?

One thing this issue does show is that if you want to know what too many Muslims really think about Jews, you have to listen to them talking to each other in their own language. Did he feel inhibited about making these comments in the Pakistani media? Did they cause a scandal in Pakistan? Was he called on to retract them there?

[hibsbollah]

He got 12 weeks for culpable homicide? Are you sure his lawyer wasn't Jewish? There certainly must have been some sort of conspiracy to get off with that.

Mind you, since Milliband is suspending him and Milliband is a Jew, maybe he has got a point?

One thing this issue does show is that if you want to know what too many Muslims really think about Jews, you have to listen to them talking to each other in their own language. Did he feel inhibited about making these comments in the Pakistani media? Did they cause a scandal in Pakistan? Was he called on to retract them there?

Probably not, because the 'scandal' is a scandal because he's speaking as a member of the House of Lords, and has more resonance here than there, obviously.

On a lighter note (but probably of less interest to the islamophobes out there);

http://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-group-helps-save-old-english-synagogue/

Hasnt made much of a splash in the UK media, sadly.

[Mibbes Aye]

He got 12 weeks for culpable homicide? Are you sure his lawyer wasn't Jewish? There certainly must have been some sort of conspiracy to get off with that.

Mind you, since Milliband is suspending him and Milliband is a Jew, maybe he has got a point?

One thing this issue does show is that if you want to know what too many Muslims really think about Jews, you have to listen to them talking to each other in their own language. Did he feel inhibited about making these comments in the Pakistani media? Did they cause a scandal in Pakistan? Was he called on to retract them there?

I'm rubbish at languages but luckily, and you're not gonna believe this, some Muslims actually have English as their native tongue. Fact! :agree:

[Geo_1875]

If you want to know what Muslims really believe in there are a number of banners around Edinburgh advertising an event. My favourite is Islam Believes in Big Bang. They really should sack their copywriters.

[khib70]

Probably not, because the 'scandal' is a scandal because he's speaking as a member of the House of Lords, and has more resonance here than there, obviously.

On a lighter note (but probably of less interest to the islamophobes out there);

http://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-group-helps-save-old-english-synagogue/

Hasnt made much of a splash in the UK media, sadly.
Good story, illustrating that there are humanitarians, and nutters, in every ethnic and religious grouping. Unfortunate that when someone (of whatever persuasion) begins bridge-building, some group of fanatics will be queuing up to knock it down.

But I don't think you have to be an Islamophobe to find "Jewish Conspiracy" theories ridiculous and offensive, any more than you have to be an al-Qaeda activist to despise some of the nonsense about Muslims which does the rounds.

[hibsbollah]

Good story, illustrating that there are humanitarians, and nutters, in every ethnic and religious grouping. Unfortunate that when someone (of whatever persuasion) begins bridge-building, some group of fanatics will be queuing up to knock it down.

But I don't think you have to be an Islamophobe to find "Jewish Conspiracy" theories ridiculous and offensive, any more than you have to be an al-Qaeda activist to despise some of the nonsense about Muslims which does the rounds.

Agreed.