NSS protests at removal of Pat Condell’s latest video from Youtube
Pat Condell, the comedian whose anti-religious videos on Youtube have garnered an enormous following, has had his latest opinion piece removed from the video sharing website.
The NSS has written to Youtube to protest at this latest piece of censorship. Mr Condell’s video presents his opinions on the revelation that sharia courts are operating in Britain with the apparent approval of the Government. As usual, he does not mince his words, but he is not saying anything that is untrue. His main thrust is one of outrage on behalf of those Muslim women who will suffer because they are forced to have their marital problems solved in a male-dominated sharia court.
This is what Mr Condell posted on his Youtube message board: “I’ve just received the following message from Youtube: The following video(s) from your account have been disabled for violating the YouTube Community Guidelines: Welcome to Saudi Britain – (patcondell). Your account has received one Community Guidelines warning sanction, which will expire in six months. Additional violations may result in the temporary disabling of your ability to post content to YouTube and/or the termination of your account."
The Video had over 40,000 hits in the 24 hours that it was up on Youtube and it was the top-rated video on the whole of Youtube. You can still watch it at Pat’s own site.
There is also an interview with Pat at the Freethinker and a petition to sign at the No 10 website (please do it straight away – it closes tomorrow, 4th October).
Other users are posting the video back on to Youtube using their own accounts.
Watch the video here
See also:
Jewel of Medina – how threats and menaces led to self-censorship
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