Well done, Angie!
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 09/27/2006 11:34:23 PM PDT by MadIvan
ANGELA Merkel, the German chancellor, yesterday urged her people not to bow to fears of Islamic violence after a Berlin opera house cancelled a Mozart work over concerns that scenes might enrage Muslims and pose a security risk.
"I think the cancellation was a mistake. I think self-censorship does not help us against people who want to practise violence in the name of Islam," she told reporters.
Mrs Merkel's comments, fuelled a row over the cancellation of Mozart's Idomeneo that overshadowed a government-sponsored conference to promote dialogue with the country's 3.2 million Muslims.
The Deutsche Oper Berlin pulled Idomeneo, which has a scene depicting the severed heads of Mohammed, Buddha and Jesus, after police warned it might pose an "incalculable" security risk.
Well done, Angie!
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
I starting like her MORE AND MORE Ivan
She has a point come on German show me that Tough German outlook on life
Regards, Ivan
Finally!
A voice of sanity from Europe.
Lovely picture. We've missed having a Iron Lady for some time now.
I'm starting to like her. This is absolutely the right call.
Well done Madame Chancellor!!
The more I read about Merkel the more I like her. Note that they were afraid of the reaction by Muslims, not by Buddhists or Christians.
She talks a good line and yet releases terrorists from German prisons. Who promptly run right back to their home base.
Perhaps that had already been decided at the courts level before she assumed office, though. Still a poor move on Germany's part.
From what I am hearing, tho, Merkel has already caved on any reformation of their tax system.
Does she have the ability to reform the country. For the most part the Germans seem accepting of their nanny state lives.
Regards, Ivan
Good going! Stand up to those fundamentalists who are trying to destroy western civilization.
The French are a hopeless lot. Nothing has changed. No backbone, never had one, never will....at least in my lifetime.
Merkel has backbone but she has to deal with many politicians who only know pandering.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.