Posted on 08/26/2008 5:49:27 PM PDT by Dajjal
Lights Out on Liberty
by Mark Steyn
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Norman Podhoretz, among others, has argued that we are engaged in a second Cold War. But it might be truer to call it a Cold Civil War, by which I mean a war within the West, a war waged in our major cities.
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I started keeping a file on pig controversies a couple of years ago, and you would be surprised at how routine they have become. Recently, for instance, a local government council prohibited its workers from having knickknacks on their desks representing Winnie the Poohs sidekick Piglet. As Pastor Martin Niemoller might have said, "First they came for Piglet and I did not speak out because I was not a Disney character, and if I was, Id be more of an Eeyore. Then they came for the Three Little Pigs and Babe, and by the time I realized the Western world had turned into a 24/7 Looney Tunes, it was too late, because there was no Porky Pig to stammer, Th-th-th-thats all folks!, and bring the nightmare to an end."
What all these stories have in common is excessive deference toand in fact fear ofIslam. If the story of the Three Little Pigs is forbidden when Muslims still comprise less than ten percent of Europes population, what else will be on the black list when they comprise 20 percent? In small but telling ways, non-Muslim communities are being persuaded that a kind of uber-Islamic law now applies to all.
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(Excerpt) Read more at hillsdale.edu ...
I mentioned to some of Hillsdales students in class that gay-bashing is on the rise in the most famously "tolerant" cities in Europe. As Der Spiegel reported, "With the number of homophobic attacks rising in the Dutch metropolis, Amsterdam officials are commissioning a study to determine why Moroccan men are targeting the citys gays."
Gee, whiz. Thats a toughie. Wonder what the reason could be. But dont worry, the brain trust at the University of Amsterdam is on top of things: "Half of the crimes were committed by men of Moroccan origin and researchers believe they felt stigmatized by society and responded by attacking people they felt were lower on the social ladder. Another working theory is that the attackers may be struggling with their own sexual identity."
Bingo! Telling young Moroccan men theyre closeted homosexuals seems certain to lessen tensions in the city! While youre at it, a lot of those Turks seem a bit light in their loafers, dont you think? I mentioned to some of Hillsdales students in class that gay-bashing is on the rise in the most famously "tolerant" cities in Europe. As Der Spiegel reported, "With the number of homophobic attacks rising in the Dutch metropolis, Amsterdam officials are commissioning a study to determine why Moroccan men are targeting the citys gays."
Gee, whiz. Thats a toughie. Wonder what the reason could be. But dont worry, the brain trust at the University of Amsterdam is on top of things: "Half of the crimes were committed by men of Moroccan origin and researchers believe they felt stigmatized by society and responded by attacking people they felt were lower on the social ladder. Another working theory is that the attackers may be struggling with their own sexual identity."
Bingo! Telling young Moroccan men theyre closeted homosexuals seems certain to lessen tensions in the city! While youre at it, a lot of those Turks seem a bit light in their loafers, dont you think?
Apologies to Mark Steyn for misspelling his name and messing up the quotation twice in two different ways.
Great article, very scary.
BTTT for later. Thanks!
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