Low Intensity Warfare Part 21

Let's remind ourselves once more ... Home Office minister Hazel Blears :

"we are seeing much more cooperation from the courts in making sure decent people who are prepared to stand up and challenge this behaviour are properly protected."

Tracey Cullum challenged anti-social behaviour.

Just as did Michelle Wenden, or Alwyn Jones. Or William Bird. Or Martin James.

In related news, Victim Support (a nominally independent but overwhelmingly taxpayer-funded organisation- £31m out of £33m in 2004) are spending £100,000 on a study of "hate crime".

Not all "hate crime", of course. Kriss Donald, Ross Parker, Richard Whelan, Gavin Hopley won't qualify as victims.

"Because the extent of hate crime is so wide - including attacks against lesbians, gay men and transgender people, members of minority ethnic communities, disabled people, refugees and asylum seekers - the research will focus on the experiences and needs of black and minority ethnic people."

When they talk about "the growing phenomenon of hate crime" you'd think they might mean the 52 dead and 700 injured in the wave of religiously motivated attacks last month.

Apparently not. Most of them are the wrong colour to qualify.

Didn't people who discriminate like that used to be called racists ?