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Wigging Out
SteynonLine ^ | May 20, 2024 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 05/20/2024 5:52:02 AM PDT by Twotone

~As you know, in three weeks' time my suit against the UK media censor Ofcom comes to the High Court of England:

The King on the application of Mark Steyn vs The Office of Communications

I'll be there. Not sure if the King will. Day on day, Ofcom's enforcement of the Covid-vaccine narrative looks increasingly not only preposterous but blood-soaked.

Yet, in the so-called controlled demolition of the entire western world, it's the small things that get you. Just about the only reason I was looking forward to my court date was that, after a month in the dank septic tank of the District of Columbia Superior Court, at least at the Royal Courts of Justice the judges and the lawyers and even the clerks would be properly dressed.

But maybe not:

Courts in talks to abandon wigs amid claims they are 'culturally insensitive'

As far as I can tell, this is mainly the initiative of a single barrister called Michael Etienne, who sports an afro, as indeed I did during the disco era. But disco faded away and I moved on. Mr Etienne, by contrast, appears to have made what he calls "hair discrimination" his life's work.

Are barristerial wigs racist? Everything else in the United Kingdom is, so it's not implausible. However, one notes that there are far more "black" countries with court wigs than "white" ones. And their judicial class does not seem as invested in the righteous cause of "hair discrimination" as the vexatious Mr Etienne.

The Bahamas:

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: court; jamaica; uk; wigs
Lots of pictures of black barristers wearing wigs at the site...
1 posted on 05/20/2024 5:52:02 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Ever heard of the “crown act”?

Do a search if you feel the need to raise your blood pressure


2 posted on 05/20/2024 6:01:24 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

“crown act”

Name an anti-racist act after the most racist institution in the world. The irony is overwhelming.


3 posted on 05/20/2024 7:42:11 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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