Tuesday, August 26, 2003

An apology

Paul from Canada comments on a comment I left on Peter Cuthbertson's site during a debate about British black youths. He notes that I failed to criticize cannibalism in Africa.

"Those like Matthew are so racist that they must think that Africans are animals who certainly cannot change their behaviour, so why bother to try. They hold fellow whites to a higher standard... I know the Irish are considered by some to be drunken inferiors by some English...but if the Irish were eating each other I think it would cause some outrage in the Guardian. But cannibalism in Africa is met with racist silence by Matthew "

My apology. I didn't - Paul is right. Let me once and for all put it on the record, 'I do not support cannibalism in Africa - it is something we need to understand a little less and condemn a little more'. In future if I forget to stress my opposition to eating our fellow human beings, as I did in the post below on house prices, please don't take it as tacit support. If you want to tuck into other humans you can, but not in my name.