This is without a shred of a doubt a first. I find myself linking approvingly to a post on the MPAC UK forum and copying (lest the News of the Screws get an injunction on them) the image of Mazher "fake sheikh" Mahmood.
Furthermore (and the image above may change if it turns out I've got the wrong chap but I don't think so) I'm looking on approvingly at Mr George Galloway who has managed to turn the tables on the scumbag concerned.
I disagree with practically everything Mr Galloway has ever said or done, I think he should be shaved, stripped naked and dumped in the middle of Basra with a sign (in Arabic) around his neck stating "I love Saddam Hussein" - hey NBC there's an idea for a sting - but in this case I have to say
'Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability.'
The press on both sides of the pond seems to think it can act without fear of the consequences (except apparently when it comes to publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammed (pbuh) ). I see no conflict between my unfeigned joy at the problems of a muckraker like Mahmood and my willingness to piss off Galloway, MPAC and their like by publishing the cartoons myself. I published said cartoons fully aware of any possible consequences and despite being at one point #1 on google for numerous key searches (pictoral proof) I'm not even paid to do it - Google Adsense is not in the same league as a full time job with the News of the Screws. If Mahmood investigated really dangerous situations (a la Jill Carroll, Michael Totten, Miachael Yon...), I'd consider that his anonymity might be a good thing, although most of those people have their images published, but investigating celebs in England is flat out not in the same league and doesn't deserve any level of protection.