Posted 4:24 PM by Paul
Anti-American?


In a desperate attempt to brush aside the fact that millions of people distrust them, the British Government has taken to dismissing anyone who opposes Bush as anti-American. The phrase "anti Americanism" is uttered in the same tone that you would normally used for words like pederasty or bestiality.

Now, as regular readers of my blog (hello Tom, Mary, Heather and Dave) will know, I am not and have never been a card-carrying member of the Anti-American Party. Some of my best friends understand baseball and get by on 10 days holiday a year. Anti-Americanism is stupid but it is not a crime. So long as those afflicted by the psychosis do not burn down branches of Nandos or demand the repatriation of Ruby Wax and Chrissie Hines. Repeat. It is foolishness. It is not a crime.

FOGAT (Friends of George and Tony) will inevitably accuse people like me of being at worst inconsistent and at best hypocritical.

" So!!! Anti-Bush guy. Will you stop drinking Coke and watching Disney films? Huh? Huh? "

No I will not. Any more than I wouldexpect those US citizens who [rightly] condemned UK policy in Northern Ireland to stop speaking English, listening to the Beatles or watching Monty Python.

Besides - hundreds of the demonstrators are ex-pat Americans opposed to George Bush. Bloody Yanks. They get everywhere.