Thought Crime Daily Update
Simon Clark - Taking Liberties - A sorry tale of drugs and climatechange
Another day, another public apology and another blow for freedom of speech. This time it's the government's top drugs adviser Professor David Nutt who has been forced to say sorry. His "crime"? Suggesting that the risks of taking ecstasy are no worse than riding a horse, which is responsible for more than 100 deaths a year....
Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, politicians and campaigners have demanded that the DUP's Sammy Wilson be sacked after the environment minister blocked a government advertisement campaign on climate change saying the adverts were part of an "insidious propaganda campaign"....
Comments
Well at least "they" haven't reponded by suggesting horse-riding should be banned.
Though perhaps I ought be careful not to give them ideas...
Posted by: Andrew Duffin | February 10, 2009 4:09 PM
I think mainly that Jack-EEE got sore because this Nutt nutter with his drugged and tripping horses distracted her from all the jolly tinkering, with her doctored rental-allowance chits....
Posted by: Emmett | February 11, 2009 12:34 AM