Terry Jones in The Guardian:
I share the outrage expressed in the British press over the treatment of our naval personnel accused by Iran of illegally entering their waters. It is a disgrace. We would never dream of treating captives like this - allowing them to smoke cigarettes, for example, even though it has been proven that smoking kills. And as for compelling poor servicewoman Faye Turney to wear a black headscarf, and then allowing the picture to be posted around the world - have the Iranians no concept of civilised behaviour? For God’s sake, what’s wrong with putting a bag over her head?
British Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is also outraged albeit for slightly different reasons:
It was deplorable that the woman hostage should be shown smoking. This sends completely the wrong message to our young people.
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These articles… are they the sort like what Islamica used to put out? Joke articles?
The first one makes a great point but does it in a cheeky, humorous way. The second one is a true quote, AFAICT.
LOL!
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