Albeit, the swastika wasn't very large but being something you don't see very often, I zoomed in on it and then the traffic moved and I could no longer study the poster. For the rest of my journey I actually felt quite shocked. Admittedly I didn't know what the actual content of the poster was about but the use of this symbol actually turned my stomach. I forgot all about the 'Vote Christian' part of the poster and spent the rest of my very, very long journey wondering how using the symbol of the swastika could possibly benefit anyone.
So on my way home, I stopped and took some pictures - see for yourself:
From a driving position it's really quite hard to make out the BNP symbol which has a line through it.
Ok, I know I'm not the best photographer in the world and these aren't the clearest pictures but I'm hoping you're starting to get the drift. The message they are trying to get across is to put your cross by the Cross not the Swastika!!! ( I really hope that when I come to vote on June 4th there are no pictures of Crosses or swastika's on the voting form, otherwise, England, I am done with you!!!).Now, after doing a little bit of finding out it seems that the Christian Party is in an advertising war with the BNP - go figure! At Easter, the BNP launched a poster with a picture of Jesus on and a scripture from the Gospel of John, to attract Christian voters, the Christian Party counter attacked with electronic billboards in Oxford Street, saying 'Britain is a Christian Country. Vote to keep it that way'. So what's the difference between the two parties? They might as well just save money and merge together!
BNP leader, NickGriffin, commented on his Easter ad campaign -“Jesus was viewed as a revolutionary figure, hated and hounded to death, not by 'evil men' but by the corrupt hypocrites who ran the church. Has nothing changed in two thousand years?" Well, actually, not a lot has changed - it's just that corrupt politicians have taken their place!!!
On The Christian Party website, they say that they would provide 'Recognition that Christianity brought Europe freedom, law, culture and public morality.' I think to respond to that point would take a whole other blog!
In my opinion, countries should be governed by people from every race and every religion, giving a fair balance in our multi-cultural democracies, freedom of speech is one thing, offensive advertising in the name of politics is another.
4 comments:
It's sad to read that the BNP still have such a high profile in England. Still as long as they are picking on an organisation like the Chirstian party maybe they are leaving the disenfranchised and vulnerable alone ... oh hang on, aren't the disenfranchised and vulnerable the Christian party's targeted demographic as well!
Absolutely, that's why I figured they may as well merge together!! Unfortunately, the BNP have a much higher profile and much larger following of recent times. I think you made the right choice getting out when you did!
Seems to me that Christians should take more seriously the Lord's injunction to not take His name in vain. Morality has a place in politics, yes; but Christ Himself stayed as far away from politics as he could. They may mean well, but if that's so, then they need to change the name.
Interesting post Louise. There is however a fundemental difference between the BNP and the Christian Party. The Christian Party may want a return to a "Christian Europe" based on some mythical notion of a Europe actually run on Christian values, as well as some other bizarre "policies". But they do not, as the BNP do, advocate the mass expulsion of people of colour from the UK, the reintroduction of barbarous methods of punshiment and British economic and political isolationism. This Christian Party may be reactionary, but at least they are not driven by vile racism and fascism.
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