Fanning the Flames

You gotta wonder are there elements in the media trying to fan the flames for a full scale move against Muslims in general. The front pages of various "news"papers have been carrying a variety of "aren't they awful these Muslims" stories for a while now, but recently it has been a new day, a new outrage. This week it was the Israeli Embassy policeman with a moral conscience, news there surely, then it was the unveiling of Mr Straw and his views, and today its the cabbie and the blind dog, shame not letting that disabled dog into his cab. But he did pick on the wrong person, the legal adviser for the Blind Peoples Charity, oooops. But seriously, it's getting bad. But I'm beginning to wonder I haven';t come down on the Muslim side in any of these three situations. Policeman have to do what they're told to do, Straw is right and blind dogs are lovely and you have to carry them. But there does seem to be a fanning of the flames, so are we surprised when you get the Winsdor "race riots." The least savoury elements of our society, in any group, will feed on this provocation from the press.