On Thu, 7 May 2009 12:22:57 -0700 (PDT), z
wrote:

actually, i think it is pretty silly in savage's case. his visit isn't
going to "stir up trouble" any more than his work from the US does, if
any.

where this kind of thing makes sense is with some of the neoNazis,
etc. who, under the guise of "journalism" or "reporting on events" are
in fact involved in planning and executing them. AFAIK, Savage isn't
involved in anything like that; and if his diatribes are "incentives"
to violence or some such, then they're just as incentivizing coming in
via the intertubes from the US, so there's nothing to gain by slamming
the door on him personally.

Exactly he is not preaching hatred or trying to cause violence towards
the Jews or any other minority group. If I am wrong please provide
quotes.

bottom line is, though, that the brits do have the right to run their
country as they want to, without regard to how the US would do it.

two things i particularly enjoy about the uproar, thought:
1) Savage's reference to this violating the Magna Carta. He must have
studied a different copy than I did. Here, Mike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_carta
1a) this being from the same guy who said "Don't tell me they're
entitled to a rational defense, I'm so sick of this" in response to
the decision in Boumediene v. Bush upholding the right of habeas
corpus, no less. Here, Mike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_c...in_force_today
2) His threat of having his listeners boycott Britain from their
future travel plans. Yeah, the total number of passports among
Savage's fan base wouldn't fill a supersized beverage container.

He is the 3rd largest talk show host in America. But it still won't be
much of an affect.