More Cowardice Coming Out of Britain-Benny Morris Canceled at Cambridge University

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Hat tip to my colleague Rick at Patriot's Corner for this article by Barry Rubin. It regards the decision by Cambridge University to cancel an appearance by Benny Morris, a respected Israeli historian.

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2010/02/benny-morris-banned-at-cambridge.html

So there it is; further evidence that we might as well write the Brits off. They have completely capitulated to the radical Islamists in their midst. Benny Morris, whom I have read, is a respected historian. Of course, the Palestinian lobby doesn't like him. I once heard that "noted historian" Norman Finklestein refer to Morris as an "ex-historian before he became a propagandist" (unlike Finklestein, of course).

So much for freedom of speech in Britain. So much for academic freedom in Britain. This is the same nation that took the pain to ban radio talk show host Michael Savage from entering their country because of his "offensive speech" airing out of San Francisco. That was done to balance the fact that they had banned some radical Islamist from entering Britain.

What would Winston Churchill say?