Diversity strikes again.

As the scimitar of Islam slices through the pale white throat of England, they will gasp as the light fades in their eyes, "But...but...we banned Michael Savage to prove our...our...tol..er..annnnnc....."

The constraints on government should be stronger than the constraints on individuals, if for no other reason than governments have much more power. That someone's friends or supporters make positive statements about someone is not a sufficient reason to make this a legal requirement for entry. Should I write that Mike Savage is Santa Claus, does he have to prove that to gain entry to England. If his mother said he was the best person in the world, does he have to prove that as well?

In a society with the rule of law, which Britain clearly no longer is, there would be clear requirements for entry, and it would be up to the government to show those rules have not been followed. That some of his supporters pandered to the fascist in control doesn't relieve the fascist of their responsibility for being fascist.

Of course it is ridiculous - but our future if we allow the leftist elites to enforce their PC "speech codes" as they wish.

But there is another reason Savage's appeal is hopeless. The tendency of bureaucrats, especially in controversial situations, is always not to be the one to overturn a predecessor's decisions. It is the blood treasure of the Nomenklatura, passed down from generation to generation.

To reverse a previous ruling by granting the appeal would be unthinkable. The apparatchik cannot risk being seen as actually doing something, taking an action, lest he be expected to do more in the future. Or worse yet, his colleagues might be expected to do something, and his name be used as an example to them.

That sort of behavior can result in a man's paperwork being lost forever.

The most ridiculous part of this whole affair is that the UK government refuses to tell savage WHY he was excluded.

But that's what you get when the people of a state are subjects instead of citizens. Britons: cattle, each and every one of them. They will be lead to the slaughterhouse and never once question the journey.

There may be a few stray folks still awake, but as a whole, the nation has been slouching towards Gomorrah.

There is nothing more brutal than the minor official carring out their orders from above. It would seem the left and their enablers have a lot to answer for.

This is absolutely frightening to me because all the necessary ingredients for such an abandonment of founding principles exist right here in the US.

PS: to the extent that anyone at NRO cares, if it becomes necessary to sit through little commercial ads in the CAPTCHA function simply to post a comment, I won't be visiting this site much longer.

Well, you could say “kudos to our cousins for securing their borders.” Could, were it true.

Wonder how many Muslim visitors in, say, Birmingham, England, would pass a tolerance test for Christians, Jews, or homosexuals?

However, in the end, Britain has a sovereign right to keep out whomever they deem unfit. Would that we would do the same, although our criteria right now under Obama's teleprompting might be similar to Britain's.

I'm not a big fan of Michael Weiner, but this decision continues to be a great example of how abusive government can be when IT wants to be.