Intimidation - Reader comments at The New York Sun

Recent Blog Posts

Reader comment on:
Freedom From Offense

Submitted by susan gill, Dec 4, 2007 08:02

At first I was inclined to feel sorry for Ms.Gibbons. Surely, I thought, the poor woman must be frightened to death. But then I read of her comments after her "release" and was appalled at her bowing and scraping to what is really a savage government. Ms. Gibbons' spokespeople act as if the President of Sudan did something magnificently merciful in not subjecting her to being whipped- as if being served 20 lashes is the kind of commonplace punishment the civilized world should be ready to accept. But the real embarrassment and tragic player in this ghastly little act is Great Britain. For heavens sake, Great Britain with its legacy of heroism and its staunch bravery has degraded into a sniveling, grovelling phantom of its former self as it sends Muslim "peers" to do its dirty work Now, this all this apple polishing could be imposture until the school teacher is on the plane headed safely towards home, but all signs say it is probably not. Has the western world slit its own throat so completely that barbarism in the form of modern sudan is allowed democratic freedoms it has never earned nor desired? Susan Gill

Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. We reserve the right to reject anything we find objectionable.

Other reader comments on this article

Comment	By	Date
I sent a strong letter of protest to the Sudan Embassy in Ottawa and received the following reply. Dear Mr. Tardif, Your... [MORE]	Douglas W. Tardif	Dec 6, 2007 12:54
which says if the eds. find my comments "objectionable" they will reject or edit my comment. i think i had... [MORE]	glen francis	Dec 6, 2007 02:59
...as always, Mr. Steyn. [MORE]	zeppenwolf	Dec 5, 2007 23:03
Merry Christmas Everyone!If you don't celebrate Christmas and this offends you... get over it! Life is too short for petty crap... [MORE]	Christopher Lizzotte	Dec 5, 2007 11:58
In Canada, the Post Office has the postal code H0H0H0 reserved for Santa's Fortress of Sillitude. Apparently there... [MORE]	Bob Fisk	Dec 4, 2007 18:55
The 'progressives' are aware of the problem of which they have helped to create, or at least nurtured, that being... [MORE]	screaming monk	Dec 8, 2007 15:21
At first I was inclined to feel sorry for Ms.Gibbons. Surely, I thought, the poor woman must be frightened to...	susan gill	Dec 4, 2007 08:02
Mark Steyn, brilliant as usual. Ms Gill, well put. The exquisitely honed sensibilities of the enemies of Western Civ. (atheists,... [MORE]	W. Locantore	Dec 5, 2007 01:34
1984 is closing in fast. [MORE]	fcsanders	Dec 3, 2007 15:53
Kudos to Mr.Steyn who's on the Mark with this Opinion piece that exposes PC in all it's sheer idiocy! This gentleman... [MORE]	Warren Hughes Ret.	Dec 3, 2007 15:21
"...I'd be more offended by the assumption that Australian women and US prostitutes are that easily confused." Priceless! [MORE]	Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg	Dec 3, 2007 13:11
We are sowing the seeds for the kind of chaotic society that will ultimately breed dictatorship and fascism. These movements... [MORE]	bcf	Dec 4, 2007 11:25
I'm with Mark on this one. To think women might be confused that Santa's "Ho Ho Ho" might mean anything... [MORE]	Debbie Harrison	Dec 3, 2007 12:24