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British Columnist Melanie Phillips Being Investigated by Police for Referring to Arab "Savages" Who Murdered Jewish Family


(Robin Shepherd) Robin Shepherd - Fraser Nelson, editor of the Spectator, reported Friday that Bedfordshire Police are investigating the magazine because a group called "Muslims4UK" took exception to a piece by Melanie Phillips on her blog in which she referred to the Arabs who had murdered five members of a Jewish family in Itamar the week before as "savages." The story was reported in the media, but if you'd blinked you'd have missed it. Melanie's column was a typically robust effort to point out the moral depravity of news outlets which, if the situation had been reversed - if five Arabs including a three-month-old baby had been knifed to death in their beds by Jews, for example - would have given it saturation coverage. A prominent British columnist does what prominent British columnists are supposed to do - she attempts to shift the terms of the debate back on to a more rational and principled footing - and the net result is that the police have been called in because she has offended Muslim sensitivities.
2011-03-24 00:00:00
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