BNP Members list leaked on the internet

[chef]

Jeeze. if a guy or girl said to me "the n**ger deserved it" when the news is reporting on Rwandas genocide that would be JUST A TINY bit different from marmite...

be very careful YHB

The 'N' word we are now discussing is used in popular black music and was first used to try and reclaim this word by using it as a term of endearment - check the blog post here with the quote from A Tribe Called Quest:
http://www.novaslim.com/2003/11/neve...ng_goals_a.php

Also describes why even black people should not be using this word. Anyone using that word, in any of its variations, will be permanently banned. The fact that you are even discussing it kind of makes me feel ill.

from here

[tay]

I find this whole thing quite perplexing.

The BNP is not illegal is it?

Havent they been elected to some public bodies? So why are they banned from serving in the police? So in effect one political party can ban another party from being in the poublic service? Why dont Labour just ban any members of the conservative party from being in public service because they dont like some Conservative policies?

I am quite ignorant of the BNP and what they get up to, however they are not illegal... so I am not sure how such a ban works within law. Clearly it does.. but given human rights laws, I am surprised.

And what kind of sad dork saves a copy of this on their personal laptop???

I think this is a shocking case of invasion of privacy and sincerely hope everyone involved with it gets made an example of. Publishing personal details of people online is a disgusting act and I hope anyone who supports such action, one day finds themselves a victim of an invasion of privacy.

[expat]

I find this whole thing quite perplexing.

The BNP is not illegal is it?

Havent they been elected to some public bodies? So why are they banned from serving in the police? So in effect one political party can ban another party from being in the poublic service? Why dont Labour just ban any members of the conservative party from being in public service because they dont like some Conservative policies?

I am quite ignorant of the BNP and what they get up to, however they are not illegal... so I am not sure how such a ban works within law. Clearly it does.. but given human rights laws, I am surprised.

On the one side, police officers (among others) are subject to more stringent restrictions than are citizens in general: hence they may be prohibited from being members of a party that citizens in general are not prohibited from joining.

On the other side of the same coin, banning a party outright would be a deadly serious interference in the political process itself, something of much more weight than occupational restrictions. Hence you would not readily ban a party, even if you prohibited holders of some posts from being members.

Personally I would not have the occupational bans, on the grounds that:
1. Liberty is more important.
2. It is more important to argue than to ban.
3. The ban, even when it works, will not eliminate people by belief or attitude from these posts; only by actual membership. It is effectively a ban on BNP members being coppers, not a ban on coppers being sympathetic to the explicit or implicit aims of the BNP.
4. I'd rather have them where I can see them.

[Purple Dalek]

I find this whole thing quite perplexing.

The BNP is not illegal is it?

Havent they been elected to some public bodies? So why are they banned from serving in the police? So in effect one political party can ban another party from being in the poublic service? Why dont Labour just ban any members of the conservative party from being in public service because they dont like some Conservative policies?

I am quite ignorant of the BNP and what they get up to, however they are not illegal... so I am not sure how such a ban works within law. Clearly it does.. but given human rights laws, I am surprised.

And what kind of sad dork saves a copy of this on their personal laptop???

I think this is a shocking case of invasion of privacy and sincerely hope everyone involved with it gets made an example of. Publishing personal details of people online is a disgusting act and I hope anyone who supports such action, one day finds themselves a victim of an invasion of privacy.

WHS

still quite funny though, that is until the inevitable braying mobs start up, and then it'll be quite sad, as another part of the quirky British democratic system disappears in a cloud of misinformation and distortions.

If you deny people a voice, especially if you don't like what they say, the result is quite predictably nasty.

The people who do this kind of thing are only playing into the hands of the dangerous wing of the extremists.

[Xenophon]

I have no sympathy for racists.

[Platypus]

I looked at the list.

I found one person I know (distantly).

He's married to a black lady and took in her 3 mixed race kids.

[Bagpuss]

If you deny people a voice, especially if you don't like what they say, the result is quite predictably nasty.

The people who do this kind of thing are only playing into the hands of the dangerous wing of the extremists.

They can say what they like, I judge people by their actions, and what they do is what I have a problem with. I know of these people, I've met one of the area heads (a seemingly respectable Airline pilot). He is fully aware of the mob violence that goes on, and actively encourages it, while standing back on the sidelines. The BNP should not be confused with the mainsteam parties until they attempt control their nasty violent element.

[cailin maith]

I am quite ignorant of the BNP and what they get up to, however they are not illegal...

You should count yourself lucky they haven't come knocking on your door looking for votes. Being foreign, it's unlikely they would afford you the same respect!

[Xenophon]

I looked at the list.

I found one person I know (distantly).

He's married to a black lady and took in her 3 mixed race kids.

He won't have a family membership then.

[Pickle2]

He won't have a family membership then.

I just got the list now from wiki leaks. Intresting reading.