More News From The Place Where England Used To Be

From the Times online, via Blackfive. . .

In UK, you can now have justice served up according to the dictates of your religion. Yes, folks, the muslims have finally got their wish and you members of the Religion of Peace in UK can now go to a sharia court to get your disputes resolved. Technically, both parties have to agree to be bound, and it's legally binding arbitration. Practically, a battered wife or the daughter in an inheritance case just got screwed over royally by The Crown.

Whatever happened to the concept that Justice Cannot Be Dictated? Oh, that's right, it's not tooooooooolerant.

This is the conversation I had with a co-worker about this article on the company Instant Messenger service. Note the time stamps.

(17:15:42) VoteForDavid: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4749183.ece
(17:17:08) Co-worker: they will rue the day . . .
(17:17:21) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:24) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:26) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:27) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:29) VoteForDavid: tolerance
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(17:17:32) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:33) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:35) VoteForDavid: tolerance
(17:17:35) Co-worker: stfu
(17:17:42) VoteForDavid: UR INTOLERANT!!!!!1!
(17:17:48) Co-worker: and smelly
(17:17:51) VoteForDavid: See how the muslims do it?
(17:17:53) VoteForDavid: works great

What's next? If I make up a church like mohammed did, do I get to set up a binding arbitration court and screw over my family and countrymen like the islamists? How about the Jedi? That's a pretty fast-growing religion in UK. How about the satanists? How about the Anglicans? How about the Catholics? Oh wait, the Catholics did that and nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition! liked it very much.