Let's Dispel A Myth

(Updated: 26/06/10)

The following was published in today's Daily Mail:



As a society that values justice and fairness, we are accustomed to the idea of compensating victims of crime or, where third-party liability can be established, loss or injury suffered. In England the practice dates back at least to Anglo-Saxon times, in the form of weregeld.

During the last few decades, however, we have imported a litigation culture from the United States, which has been enshrined in law thanks to the 1999 Access to Justice Act (another example of Labour's malignant governance). This has had the effect of making victim status desirable as it can ultimately prove lucrative. However, since the 1960s, it is not just individual parties that have seen the merit in portraying themselves as victims.

Following prominent civil rights campaigns in the United States, South Africa and Northern Ireland, it seems we live in a society in which minority groups are continuously claiming to be persecuted. Just like individuals who claim to have suffered as the result of the negligent/malicious actions of a third party, I believe these minorities are also seeking compensation of some sort, too - if not a tangible reward then special treatment.

You may recall a previous article of mine, in which I highlighted the case of a couple who felt aggrieved that they had been described as a 'black couple'. In fact the article I quoted stated that they were 'furious':



Above: the offending receipt.



Above: Mr Abraham and Ms Duhur at the crime scene.

Now in the case of the couple above, who presumably find the national census offensive, the motivation was probably that they would receive some sort of tangible benefit - vouchers, the entitlement to dine free or even cash. However, I believe that there may be a latent motive which is far more sinister, though perhaps not conscious in some of the 'aggrieved'.

GROUP STRATEGY

This couple no doubt contacted the papers in order to publicise their grievance, and thus shame the company into compensating them. However, the latent effect of this publicity is that it permeates throughout British society the message that ethnic minorities must be treated sensitively, and failure to do so may result in adverse publicity and perhaps disciplinary action taken against the offending staff. The result, therefore will be a cowed British public who will ingratiate themselves towards minorities in order to avoid any repercussions.

Of course this is nothing new. The Macpherson Report into the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry branded the Metropolitan Police Service 'institutionally racist'. Now if you were a Metropolitan Policeman, how would you deal with black suspects? Bearing in mind your superiors are now desperate to relinquish the 'service' of the 'institutional racist' tag, I think you would treat them more leniently and with more respect than white suspects.

The letter published at the top of this post, refers to an article in the Daily Mail in which Obama's 'Granny Sarah' recounts how Obama's grandfather was tortured by the British. The letter implies that her account of the details have been, if not entirely manufactured, then embellished and exaggerated. What possible motivation would she have to do this? Well aside from the likelihood that her husband has lied to her in order to make himself appear as some sort of martyr, I believe this is an example of a ploy used to inculcate guilt in the white European.

Ultimately it comes down to the fact that when an individual or group has been wronged, they believe they are now entitled to something to compensate them. Just like with individuals, these groups are likely to exaggerate their suffering in order to increase sympathy and the compensation due to them. Guilt is used to extort money or goods and services, and in the case of minorities...our land, our children's futures.

Please also see: http://irishsavant.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-solution-to-racial-disparities.html