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Thursday 19 October 2006
Mmmm... you may be asking yourselves. In the light of the entire Muslim furore of late, how come the silence from this old boy is positively deafening? Well, it's all being said for me now isn't it? Why should I reopen myself to all the pc flackers and racist accusers, when at last those in far higher positions, are now entering the fray and voicing the concerns so many tried to shoot me down for when I aired them in columns of yore? One thing I haven't noticed in any of the recent 'discussions' however, particularly the 'full cover up' issue , is the fact that the Koran bears no reference to this particular dress code at all. No, the real reason many female followers of the Islamic faith choose to wear the veil is because their men folk order them to. Many of these men are so jealous and insecure in their relationships they are terrified of their women being approached by other men, (or vice versa) and subsequently order them to cover themselves up in public areas where this situation could arise. The majority of women who wear them voluntarily, simply lack so much confidence they find it far easier to conduct their public lives hiding their faces behind them, and it really is as simple as that. It was the prostitutes in Saudi that used to make me laugh however. Completely covered from head to foot, the only way you could detect them was the fact that they all carried an enormous bunch of keys which they rattled as they passed by. This, accompanied by the muffled giggles of these wanton Guinness bottles left no doubt as to what they were at; it was what you found when you unwrapped it all that worried me. Not that I ever felt the need to partake I hasten to add, I had my own Princess to look after. Mind you I kept my head (!) and discontinued that particular relationship pretty toot sweet, but she was some package I seem to remember - ah me. Another situation (here I go again) that arose in Saudi, was the advent a the small gathering of Christians who decided to gather on a Sunday morning to hold a brief prayer meeting in a classroom of the local American school. When this was brought to the attention of the authorities it was immediately banned and the participants in fact lucky to escape arrest. When you compare this to the fact there are now plans to erect the largest Mosque in Europe in the vicinity of London's Olympic village, I think you would have to be bordering on insanity to not realise that the situation is now extremely serious indeed. The PC's and ostriches must be severely reprimanded or fired en masse. Those wishing to create a society within a society should be brought to book or deported to countries more in line with their ways of thinking, which I'm sure would welcome them with open arms (albeit not with free handouts!)and we must all stop worrying about offending those who don't think twice about causing as much offence as possible. If we don't act now, and act decisively with a united front, all the common sense that seems to be at last emerging may be just that little bit too late. I await the outcome of it all with breath considerably bated. It is wonderful, in the light of some of the illiterate vitriolic correspondence, to occasionally receive constructive criticism and I do thank the retired police officer who wrote, (oozing a mountain of frustration from between his lines I felt) that it was the crown prosecution office that called the shots and not in fact the police, whom I had a go at for not prosecuting footballing yobo's last week. Point taken sir and thank you for your most welcome interest. But the letter of the week award has to go to the brilliant one liner from David Barnett on Ms Ed's page. How many of you had to look that one up? I confess I did. 'Leapy Lee is a disciple of Onan', it read. What in fact he was calling me was a 'high street banker' or something of that ilk! Look it up yourself. Great stuff, and extremely well spotted Ms E. And that's about it. Off out to lunch now. All I have to do is endeavour to evade the Rottweillers, dodge the female drivers and steer clear of anyone carrying anything that even vaguely resembles a suspicious package, and I should be o.k.! Going over to the UK to appear in Never mind the Buzzcocks next week. Have to stand there and let 'em all extract the proverbial. I think it goes out on the 9 th Nov. B.B.C 1 so you can all tune in and have a laugh at the old boy's expense, see if I care. Till the demise of the next seven, hang in, hang on, make sure the world laughs with you, but whatever ya do always. Keep the faith Love Leapy |
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