"Just as the false promises of socialism and communism (and let's not forget Capitalism) were found to lead to misery instead of happiness; poverty instead of wealth; enslavement instead of freedom--so too, have multiculturalism and political correctness, instead of harmony, brought lethal discord."
That makes sense now. Islam is too politically correct.
By the way, how's that democracy experiment going over there?
Did someone mention Capitalism?
From AFP: "Four of the cartoonists told Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter on Friday that Jyllands Posten had paid each artist 800 Danish kroner (130 dollars, 105 euros) for their work. But international media had been very slow to pay for the use of the caricatures, they complained."
So let me get this straight. Now even some of the artists are upset that their cartoons have been printed in newspapers.
Looks like round 2 is going to be Islam and Capitalists teaming up against the liberal media...
VDH, of course, has it absolutely right. We have, for years, pandered to their delicate sensibilities, while allowing them to abuse us unmercifully. Yes, we're strong, so we can take it, but we're dealing with a culture that perceives our passivity, not as strength, but as weakness. Big problem of differing perceptions there. And it's that perceived weakness, of course, that encouraged 9/11 and that will see radical Islam try again and again and again.
The cartoons were published over four months ago but there wasn't a peep until now. There's a good article in the WSJ today (2/
that talks about the demonstrations being a political, not religious, event.
And on a similar but separate political note, Iran launched a government sponsored boycott of all Danish goods just as they were being referred to the Security Council. Iran is aware that by European Union law, all EU member countries are now supposed to stop selling to Iran and boycott Iranian goods as well (including oil) in support of Denmark.
Could Iran be counting on it:
One would think that European heads of state would be forced to put no small amount of pressure on Denmark to make nice with Iran since they need the oil and the trade (hey - we're back to capitalism again!). And as it turns out, Denmark is on the Security Council this year and is due to take over as the head of the Council in a few months.
Coincidence? Or is this unrest just a small demonstration of what Denmark can expect if they exhibit their "racist attitudes" toward Muslims again by crossing Iran on the nuclear issue? Factor in that the alternative is peace, oil, and lots of trade revenue for Europe as a whole, and that's some serious political pressure.
Interesting timing on this whole cartoon thing, huh?
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