I was struggling to find the energy, and the words, to cover Ken’s latest exercise in apologetics, but thankfully Tom at let’s be sensible has got there first:
And, quickly, a “compare and contrast”. First, Livingstone….
“The injustice done to the Palestinians does not justify the actions of a suicide bomber. But neither can anything justify the killing of civilians by Israeli forces.”
Got that? Anything. Now, this, following the shooting by police of Jean Charles de Menezes:
The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, said: “The police acted to do what they believed necessary to protect the lives of the public.
“This tragedy has added another victim to the toll of deaths for which the terrorists bear responsibility.”
Sometimes it’s justifiable, sometimes not. Why’s that, I wonder?
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