Four Legs Good..Two Legs Bad?!

Although this arrives a little late, it has been playing on my mind for a while. Although I was shocked by the violence sparked over the catoon furore, I have to admit that Western hypocrisy is causing me to look at everything through new eyes. I want to be clear, I still disagree with the manifestions of violence, however it has become increasingly clear that Europe and America seem to have one rule for them and another rule for the rest of the world.

Case 1 - Freedom of speech
It seems that freedom of speech is only applicable when convenient. So Europe can defend the printing of the offensive cartoons sreaming about freedom of speech and the importance of defending those freedoms, but when David Irving states his opinion on the Holocaust, he gets jailed?! Sounds like quite the double standard to me.

Case 2 - Democracy & Tolerance
It seems that in this day and age when democracy, freedom, equality an tolerance are the buzz words on every politician..again it's one rule for the west and another rule for every one else. Case in point is the P&O shipping fiasco dominating American airwaves. There is a massive outcry because a company based in Dubai will be taking over from P&O handling some US ports?! People are screaming about the threat to national security..crazy since P&O who currently handle the ports are foreign-owned anyway. In other words it's okay for foreigners to handle the ports if the are British, but Dubai who are staunch US allies are suddenly not to be trusted? Anglo-Saxon okay, Arab not?!?!

I'm just saying...people need to put their money where their mouths are...instead of swanning around asking for world peace, they should let their actions demand it.