[Cicero]

Yes, Theo Van Gogh was a thoroughly obnoxious, even despicable, man.

Oddly, that made his murder even more of an event. The murder of a pious Christian probably would have passed unnoticed. People might even have thought that he deserved it. But Dutch liberals were shocked when a man like Theo Van Gogh was murdered.

[okie01]

Mark Steyn and Theodore Dalrymple are the most astute observers of the gathering conflict between Islam and the West.

Each is always worth reading.

[Zack Nguyen]

The murder of a pious Christian probably would have passed unnoticed. People might even have thought that he deserved it.

If you're right, that bodes ill for Europe.