Comments on: Political asylum from persecution in Britain?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:55:14 +0000

Whereas hate speech like those nutters have posted is not usually prosecuted in the US, mainly because there is no law equivalent to the Race hate Act of the UK, one thing that the US authorities probably do share with Britain is taking a dim view of people jumping bail to avoid sentencing.

Also, Sheppard has rather strong links to Combat 18 and others who could logically be called domestic terrorist types.

So I wouldn’t bet heavily on them being welcomed to the States with open arms.

By: John Seaforth

John Seaforth — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:35:14 +0000

I have been following this story. What surprises me is that (apparently) no US newspapers have reported it up yet. There surely must be a story in it when British citizens seek political asylum in the US (at Los Angeles airport). That doesn’t happen every day.

Please also note Sheppard and Whittle have made a carefully calculated decision to claim asylum in the USA after receiving written confirmation from the US Courts that their writings (which are posted on a web server in Torrance, California and have never appeared in hard copy form) are perfectly legal under American law, and protected in the highest degree by the First Amendment.

The Crown Court in Leeds has asserted an unprecedented long arm jurisdiction to take cognizance of acts done in a foreign country Sheppard and Whittle may be eccentric, but they are not cowards. The rationale of their escape was to set a precedent for revisionists and others persecuted under oppressive laws, and cause the maximum embarrassment to the British government by what will inevitably be a long drawn out and hard fought case in the USA.

We should add that the Heretical Two voluntarily surrendered on arrival, so as not to enter the USA under false pretences, and made a deliberate decision to go to the country where their writings had been published and make a political protest, rather than luxuriate on a beach in Thailand.

In addition, I have recent information that UK media people have been inundating the US Immigration Department with telephone enquiries. Only local British papers in Leeds/Yorkshire and the Jewish Chronicle in Israel have reported on this topic to date. The big players in Britain are calling and asking the questions but not following that through with any reports! Is there a news blackout?

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By: Steynian 205 « Free Mark Steyn!

Steynian 205 « Free Mark Steyn! — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:24:17 +0000

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By: regularron

regularron — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:15:37 +0000

Here’s a question. Does the UK have something like we have, “A First Amendment”? I don’t think they do, correct me if I’m wrong. The UK for most of the part is a SOCIALIST country. And yes folks, we have laws in this country that are looking very simlar to Englands Speech Codes. “Free Speech Zones” come to mind. Hell take a look at the “Homegrown Terrorist act”.

I’m a defender of all speech, even if I don’t like it, and makes me wanna take their heads off. Right or Wrong, I will defend.

You can’t make a man think the way YOU want him to.

By: Brits throw freedom of speech in the “bin” | Conservative Pulse

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:54:40 +0000

[...] A couple of Nazi nutcases in Britain have gone to trial over their prohibited speech (you fill in their loathsome comments here) and have been found guilty, at which point they immediately hopped a plane to Los Angeles, where they presumably figured they’d be in less trouble. [...]

By: Stephen Covington

Stephen Covington — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:32:10 +0000

I agree. Britain doesn’t seem to appreciate freedom of speech, even if that speech is incredibly wrongheaded.