I think we're getting a little derailed here by the sheer excitement. I
have heard of the Nazis, and we all know what they did. I somehow doubt if
Christian fundamentalists are the biggest problem for gays, apostates and other minorities today. Harmless blusterers will soon be forgotten. If Christian fundamentalists do start plotting, it will be cheapish to tap or bug their phone calls.
Today's BBC says this:
BBC NEWS | Wales | Poet 'stirred up' storm over book
A quote from this, which suggests a deliberately plotted wind-up for the sake of publicity:
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He has confirmed that he e-mailed his poems to Christian and Muslim groups and to the far-right organisation Combat 18 beforehand.
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Mr Jones, the brother of rock star Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers, had initially denied sending e-mails of his work to Christian Voice when he appeared on BBC Radio Wales on Wednesday, following news of the event's cancellation. But he later said he had sent e-mails containing some of his poems to Christian, Muslim and far-right groups, including Combat 18, which takes its name from the position in the alphabet of Adolf Hitler's initials.
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I think this is a classic case of a storm in a beer glass. He was just praying for packs of dumb journos to scream in horror and spread, spread, spread the word about the greatest poet ever born in Caerphilly county: Patrick the Self-Promoter.
What a narcissistic phoney!