Comments on: SDL World Pub Tour Continues

By: We’ll huff and we’ll puff and we’ll blow their house down « Though Cowards Flinch

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:29 +0000

[...] platform policy (by Dave), Churchill and my dad: Why I’ll march against the BNP (by Paul) and SDL world pub tour continues (by Gordon). Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)“I’ll huff & [...]

By: BobFromBrockley

BobFromBrockley — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:36:09 +0000

On parchuting in, just to clarify, I complete agree with Gordon. I am not at all opposed to people from outside turning up, but the priority must be the local base, and if the local base cannot be built then the outsiders can do more damage than good.

On the law, I’m with Dave, Who cares what the law says; what’s important is what is right not what is legal.

The notion that anti-fascist violence is “fascist” because it is violent is logically stupid, confusing form and content. For example, if I hit someone becuase I don’t like his laugh, or if I hit him because he is trying to chop my baby daughter’s head off, the hit might be exactly the same, but the moral content is totally different.

By: @ndy

@ndy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:00:49 +0000

I bit.

http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=14279

By: Ruby

Ruby — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:53:19 +0000

Dave: Going back to school is not an option. What experience do you have of fascism? I lived in a fascist country for 10 years.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:39:17 +0000

Wrong! Think again Gordon I was not suggesting that the anti-fascist protesters were the fascists. I think both you and Dave reacted too quickly and didn’t take time to look at the wider picture so made yourselves look studid.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:31:28 +0000

Dave Semple: I care that the government & police act within the letter of the law. Don’t you?

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:19:41 +0000

I wouldn’t congratulate yourself too much, Ruby. Whether they were denied permission or didn’t apply is quite irrelevant to the point being discussed — that they were organising for a static demo.

The other ‘facts’ you have been posting to this article have by and large been incorrect and/or irrelevant (or with the aim to insult rather than discuss), with a clear agenda driving them. Though admittedly you have kept mainly to a Glenn Beck style ‘I’m only asking [asinine] questions’ strategy.

If I were you I’d try to find a better venue for such antics, because as Dave rightly notes (below, oddly), you’re unlikely to find much support for your attempted ‘anyone who takes direct action is a fascist’ narrative on a socialist blog.

By: Dave Semple

Dave Semple — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:16:16 +0000

I have looked at the information; and my lodestar is not the law – nor should the lodestar of anyone else be the law. So to answer your question, I don’t care whether or not it was legal to pen the fascists up in the Pub.

Which answers the second part of your question. Yes, the fascists were in the pub. If like one of the earlier posters you are trying to suggest that the anti-fascists are really fascists because of their actions in stopping an SDL march, then you need to go back to school and learn about the reality of fascism.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:04:44 +0000

I would urge every single person who took part in the Anti-Facist protest to ask questions. Read all the news articles collect as much information as possible. Look for as many pictures as possible and piece them all together. Check out people like Aamer Anwar,Kenny Macaskill and everyone involved in the United Scotland March. Find out if it was legal to keep the SDL in the pub. Ask why a counter protest march was organised when no permission had been give for an SDL march or had even been requested. When they have all the facts they should ask were the Fascists really in the pub or were they else where? I would certainly be interested in reading their findings so I will not take any steps to stop future emails at the moment.

Gordon I am so glad that you have decided that I am right on this occasion. I can assure you that I did not post anything other than facts. Why would I do otherwise?

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:50:30 +0000

The site sends the e-mails automatically. I’m not sure how you unsubscribe (or if you can), but if you add it to your spam filter it should have the same effect. I doubt there will be too many future comments in any case.

On the matter, it looks like you may be right that in the end they didn’t apply. Of course, the outcome is the same.