In one of those “ripped from the headlines” dramas, a BBC drama called Bonekickers, has triggered a barrage of complaints upon portraying a moderate and kind man beheaded by an extremist religious nut, according to The Daily Mail.
You have to give the BBC credit for taking on this dangerous problem. Oh yeah, one little issue, the BBC showed an extremist Christian beheading a kindly mannered Muslims. Yeah, because that’s happening all over the place, right? It’s an epidemic. What guts those Brits have standing up to those crazy Christians who blow up buildings and behead those who disagree with them.
Here’s the background, according to Newsbusters.org:
And it isn’t just a beheading, the entire episode turns our current “fact based” reality on its head as the plot gives us a group of “right wing Christians” bent on purging England of its immigrant population, a group the TV series is fictionalizing as the “White Wings Alliance.” In a day when extremist Muslims the world over are killing people for not being a Muslim, this show features the exact opposite situation. Christian “extremists” killing innocent, moderate Muslims. For what reason? Only the Beeb knows for sure.
The funny thing is that all of Europe has been bending over backwards to accommodate the increasing Muslim populations. They’ve even stopped having children so the Muslims could take over some day in the near future. But if you just listen to the media you’d think Europe was simply teeming with murderous Islamophobes.
But you’ll love this part. After receiving hundreds of complaints the BBC responded with one of those non-apology regrets by saying:
We regret that some viewers felt the beheading scene was inappropriate…This storyline looked at religious fundamentalism within a fictional Christian group, and one character in particular who took his beliefs to an extreme. His ignorance and misguided behaviour lead to the beheading of a peaceful Asian Muslim character in the drama. His actions are clearly condemned by leading Muslim and Christian clerics. The drama also has the balance of a Christian character that has a deep faith which she uses humbly and only for good.
So, according to the BBC, they put one murderous Christian and one non-murderous Christian in a storyline and that constitutes balance. Hmmm…about 50 percent of Christians are psychopaths with swords seeking out anonymous moderate Muslims, says the BBC. Hey, actually I must admit that’s better than I thought. I figured the BBC would’ve put it around 70-80 percent.
This is just one more case of Europe exhibiting the lack of guts to grow up and face a very grave mixture of their own secularization and apathy and a booming Islamist population.
In conclusion I state this unequivocally and in caps for your perusal and consideration: EUROPE IS DOOMED. DOOMED I SAY!!!!!!!!!!
July 14, 2008 at 11:38 am
This is the same theme that people use when they perpetually bring up the crusades, the inquisition and corrupt clergy. All these apparently prove that Christianity is terrible. My response is to indicate the Saints, who are set up as role models by the Church. And I never get a reply.
The poor BBC must show the religious tension. But it cannot show it the right way around, because it could be called racist or phobic. Do you suppose perhaps that they’re hinting at the real situation?
July 14, 2008 at 1:17 pm
No. I believe they see a moral equivalence between believing Christians and fanatical Muslims. I think they don’t trust anybody who takes faith seriously.
July 14, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I think matthew’s close. However, I believe the insistance of the politically-correct crowd to pander to Islam is the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” mentality in action.
They recognize – however weakly – that Christianity is the only force that will be able to combat Islam; and as they loathe Christianity, I believe it’s their hope Islam will defeat Christianity and give them a pass because they were so “tolerant” of Islam’s violence and rage.
July 14, 2008 at 4:13 pm
My goodness Amy. You’re even more cynical than me;)
July 14, 2008 at 4:32 pm
From someone who has lived in the UK and worked in the media there, I can say that the BBC is essentially run by “Asians” (Indians and Pakistanis). Their shows highly cater to that segment of society (as opposed to Channel 4 or ITV). It is not surprising that this particular plot-line was produced and run. And yes, it is part of a wider campaign/agenda to show the world that Christianity and Mohammedanism are really not all that different when you scratch the surface.
July 14, 2008 at 4:59 pm
When I first came across this I just rolled my eyes. Rereading it I am a little concerned since many people, if not most, unfortunately get thier news (and history lessons) from tv. Sad, sad, sad.
July 15, 2008 at 10:05 am
Well, as a UK Catholic I’m well aware that the BBC and most other media and cultural bodies in this coutry are anti religion. We do have a problem with ultra right wing anti imigration groups and the feeling is rising in the general population, (I wouldn’t want to be from an ethnic minority in some parts of this country) however linking these groups to Christian extreamism is just plain stupid and following the usual adgenda of the BBC.