tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7836415942977223152..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Heffer Says Enoch Didn’t Do ItTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-69258681373398936862015-03-31T10:04:49.088+01:002015-03-31T10:04:49.088+01:00"Investigate, but don't smear all over th..."Investigate, but don't smear all over the tabloids before the result is known. What's so hard to understand?"<br /><br />The story was in the Daily Mail. Heffer then used his column in the Mail to attack political correctness and Leftish priests on the basis of this scoop by the Daily Mail. Perhaps Heffer should have saved his venom for the Mail and its handling of this story. Heffer's accusations are a bit wild because<br /><br />- there is no evidence presented about the political orientation of the churchmen involved<br /><br />- there is no evidence that The Left (whoever they are) have used this story to besmirch the reputation of Powell. <br /><br />(There is no need. Powell as Minister of Health recruited nurses from Barbados then a few years later got himself known as a brave man warning of the dangers of immigration. Powell's reputation is what it is, and there's no need to latch on to vague rumours of him being a child abuser.)<br /><br />If Heffer wants to get outraged he should get outraged about his own newspaper. <br /><br />PS I have said before, Heffer can write a sensible article if he wants to. I have to presume, though, that a balanced article for the New Statesman about Churchill takes more time and pays less well than an expression of faux outrage for the Daily Mail. <br /><br />GuanoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-26073319660106033492015-03-30T16:34:10.830+01:002015-03-30T16:34:10.830+01:00Satanic ritual abuse was an invention of a cabal o...Satanic ritual abuse was an invention of a cabal of radical feminists and Christian evangelists with social workers tagging along which was clearly shown to be total nonsense but not, unfortunately, before scores of children had been removed from their innocent parents and many lives ruined. If involvement in that false alarm is what Powell is accused of then his reputation remains intact; well for that, if not for things he said on other matters.AndyCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4687531834693409932015-03-30T16:10:46.609+01:002015-03-30T16:10:46.609+01:00@3
The post does not judge the allegations, only ...@3<br /><br />The post does not judge the allegations, only that the CoE is apparently following procedure and Heffer is suggesting otherwise.<br />Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4697911460550811502015-03-30T14:45:47.075+01:002015-03-30T14:45:47.075+01:00@ Anon 12:38
I have sympathy with allegations mad...@ Anon 12:38<br /><br />I have sympathy with allegations made public in cases like this and in rape cases where innocent people get monstered by the media (and VIPS should not be exempt from this).<br /><br />However in the present fevered climate and after previous proved allegations against members of The Church (and plastered all over the media) what do you expect the Church to have done? <br /> <br />The BBC did nothing about Savile although it is reported that allegations were made against him but were unbelieved (incredulous if you like). They still haven't recovered fully from that.<br /><br />And of course police forces up and down the country don't seem to have had a good record of dealing with these matters either.<br /> robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-37027353885554070572015-03-30T12:38:32.873+01:002015-03-30T12:38:32.873+01:00I'm amazed you don't report the context to...I'm amazed you don't report the context to this. The allegations were specifically of Satanic abuse. They were mentioned in a credulous book by Tim Tate, Children for the Devil. Worse still, Powell and Abse's names were put into circulation by a notorious con-man, Derry Mainwaring-Knight, as part of a plot to extort money from sympathisers. I wonder what else you think it would be the C of E's duty to report - abuse by aliens?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-44279086700882183172015-03-30T11:26:41.413+01:002015-03-30T11:26:41.413+01:00@ Anon 10:37
And who is going to stop the tabloid...@ Anon 10:37<br /><br />And who is going to stop the tabloids pray? The meaning of "the public interest" has no interest to them except that it means "£s" to them and possibly "sensationalism" is the only means of their survival.<br />The latest "Sun and Mirror" trials show that. <br />If a tabloid can smear a living person like Ed Miliband inter alia for whatever reason then they are not going to stop at the dead are they?<br /><br />It's the "chilling" effect of the Leveson Inquiry - hah hah! robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-37473273731239147002015-03-30T10:37:53.583+01:002015-03-30T10:37:53.583+01:00Investigate, but dont smear all over the tabloids ...Investigate, but dont smear all over the tabloids before the result is known. What's so hard to understand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com