The National Free Press - World Edition: Free Speech, Free Press and Human Rights

This is a message to all would-be home-grown, radical religious extremist ‘anything’ terrorists. (Including those of you from out-of-town.) A thought. Perhaps you should rethink the idea first. And so, I offer this letter as, let’s say, a friendly suggestion of sorts.

This is Canada my friends, one of the safest countries on earth with the best Charter of Rights anywhere. Canada is the true land of freedom and choice and the world knows it. This is why people from around the world try to get immigrant status and build a new peaceful life here. Sometimes they float in on a boat. Anyway, this is the country where a person doesn’t actually have to sneak in. All you have to do is show up at the front door, knock and say the magic words – please, I come in, eh? Don’t forget the “eh”.

And as you can see, it worked for you.
 

Three cheers for the internet press leak over the consistent failure of the USA UK Military campaign in Afghanistan.

The only threat to the lives of our troops is our Government putting them into a war that no occupier has ever won.

Every lesson of history has shown that any outside power propping up a government in Afghanistan only undermines the credibility of that very government in the eyes of the Afghan people.

We can not and should not try and impose our culture and politics on an alien culture.
 

It is apalling that Labour MSP Trish Godman has tabled a string of amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill currently going through the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to engage in, advertise or facilitate paid-for sexual activity.

I can assure her that many decent, intelligent and well educated people of my acquaintance consider that a well paid career as a sex worker is infinitely preferable to the tedium of cleaning lavatories, flipping hamburgers or, worse, exposing oneself to public derision as an expenses-claiming know-it-all politician.

On the other hand, if her proposals do become law, I suppose that many of her parliamentary colleagues will expect to get for nothing that for which they currently pay.

Sincerely,

John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh, U.K.

 

PDKI Secretary-General's letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon - "the people of Iran expect from the United Nations to follow a path that will lead to the halting the execution of more political prisoners and the releasing of all prisoners of consciousness."

Your Excellency, As you are well aware, the regime of Islamic Republic of Iran was founded on the basis of discrimination and apartheid and has continuously and systematically violated human rights since its inception in 1979. As a sectarian state, the regime of Islamic Republic has subjugated its dissidents to various forms of violence and mistreatment.
 

Why on earth has Gordon Brown seen fit to apologise to Jacqui Janes over the letter of condolence which he sent to her following her son's death in Afganistan?

This ungrateful woman seems not to realise that our Prime Minister is a busy man and that she was honoured by his taking time to hand write a personal note rather than letting secretarial staff prepare a standard letter for signature as was undoubtedly done by her other correspondents: Prince Philip, Buckingham Palace, the Defence Secretary and the dead soldier's regiment.

Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh

Image Courtesy of Daylife - Britain's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown gestures during his monthly news conference at 10 Downing Street on November 10, 2009 in London, England. - Getty Images

 

It occurred to me the rise of Islam may be a blessing in combating Britain's demon: paedophilia. You see, Muslim men require women to wear conservative clothing such as the burqa, which prevents the temptation of onlookers.

We've noticed a rise in assaults against our children by predatory paedophiles whose eyes are consumed by perverse lust for children that you or I would merely find adorable, in the most innocent regard.

Is it not time we took a lesson from our Muslim friends and dressed children in burquas for their good, and to finally eradicate paedophilia?

James Brewster
Windygates, Fife

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