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    by Sunny
    20th September, 2007 at 8:51 am    

    This is one jihad we can all support. A group of kids in Small Heath, Birmingham have declared a jihad against litter. The campaign, called Clean Medina, kicks off this weekend. Heh, brilliant. They have a blog here.


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    1. Rumbold — on 20th September, 2007 at 10:27 am  

      Good- if it spreads countrywide then every stroll will not be spoiled by ‘Dallas Fried Chicken’ and ‘Asia kebab’ boxes.

    2. fugstar — on 20th September, 2007 at 11:16 am  

      reclaim the streets, reclaim the vocabulary, reclaim the particular religious ethic.

      iA hope it works.

    3. TheFriendlyInfidel — on 20th September, 2007 at 11:40 am  

      Could we burn effigies of litter?

      TFI

    4. TheFriendlyInfidel — on 20th September, 2007 at 11:41 am  

      Of course, if we aren’t careful we may wind up with “War on Landfill”

      TFI

    5. Nyrone — on 20th September, 2007 at 2:54 pm  

      That is brilliant!

    6. A councillor writes — on 20th September, 2007 at 4:29 pm  

      Birmingham doesn’t do much landfill, they have a “Power from Waste” facility at Tyseley which deals with a lot of their rubbish. I think they only landfill less than 20% of their waste.

      It’s a very, very good idea in an area that badly needs such ideas. All power to their elbows and they will need it.

    7. QuestionThat — on 21st September, 2007 at 12:43 am  

      Ugh. Nothing to criticise in a bit of litter-picking, but couldn’t they call it something else that doesn’t have the unfortunate associations with murder, hate and religious bigotry that ‘jihad’ does?

    8. sonia — on 21st September, 2007 at 2:19 pm  

      TFI you never fail to amuse me on these threads, i particularly like the war on landfill bit..heh

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