‘Freedom of speech’ is a selective term.

A large number of European diplomats walked out during an address by the Iranian president Ahmadinejad, which he held at the UN’s second conference on racism. The conference was boycotted by amongst others Israel and the US, and Ahmadinejad was the only head of state to attend.

Yes, his address was racist and offensive. To the western world. President Ahmadinejad chose his words in order to offend and cause a stir, maybe even to worsen relations with the West. Or was it a test? A couple of years ago, many Danish newspapers printed cartoons of Mohammed, and under Islam the face of Mohammed must not be shown. Some of the pictures are quite offensive, one is of Mohammed as a paedophile, another shows him as a suicide bomber. Is this not racist and offensive to the Arabian world?

No British Obama.

After the historic election of Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States , the head of Britain ’s equality watchdog has claimed that Britain is not ready to do the same. This is not due to racism from the British voters, but from within the political parties.