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March 28, 2006
Something Rotten in the State of Denmark
An interesting piece by J. Peter Pham on TCS Daily describes the state of affairs in Denmark that preceded the publication of the yawn-inducing cartoons that Muslims used as a pretext to bully the West ever further into dhimmitude.
A University of Copenhagen professor was kidnapped in broad daylight and given a severe beating by three Muslims for having read from the Koran during a lecture. A Danish publisher had to use anonymous translators for an essay collection critical of Islam to avoid violence. Fearing for their safety, Danish artists refused to work on illustrations for a children's book about Mohammad.
The reason Islamic thugs are so brazen in Denmark is that Danes have bent over backwards to accommodate them. The only food available in Copenhagen public schools is halal — that is, prepared in accordance with sharia. Danish Jews are kept out of some public schools because their presence is regarded as "provocative" to Muslims. The country's only Jewish school has to be defended by a double ring of barbed wire.
An Arab serving in the Danish Parliament has been living under 24-hour police protection largely because Muslims don't like it that he gave his daughter a Western name. Remarks an Iranian refugee, "It is an irony that I am today living in a European democratic state and have to fight the same religious fanatics that I fled from in Iran many years ago."
As Pham observes:
Historically, non-Muslim minorities (i.e., Jews and Christians) could escape the ravages of violent jihad only by surrendering to Islamic domination through a treaty of agreed-upon subjugation and oppression (dhimma) that turned them into "protected persons" (dhimmis) with second class status within the real of Islam. Today, it seems that even non-Muslim majorities are requested to descend into dhimmitude to avoid the wrath of some new immigrants. But, to paraphrase our own American Freedom Marchers, we are citizens, not dhimmis. Of course, once one has let oneself be treated like a dhimmi, it becomes hard to protest.
Hat tip: Bergbikr
Posted by Van Helsing at March 28, 2006 5:05 PM
Comments
Because the sad truth is that if you try to appease them, you lose their "respect," and so become a third-class person deserving of abuse.
But if you DON'T give in, you are rebellious infidel, and MUST be destroyed.
Can't win.
Posted by: Partisan Pundit at March 28, 2006 6:38 PM
There is freedom in Denmark.
People are free to do as they please, as long as they don't harm anyone else.
Can you even imagine such a thing?
Posted by: Anonymous at March 28, 2006 9:22 PM
There is freedom in Denmark.
People are free to do as they please, as long as they don't harm anyone else.
Can you even imagine such a thing?
Posted by: moonbat supreme at March 28, 2006 9:23 PM
If I buy you the ticket, will you go there, assface?
Promise????
Posted by: HollywoodNeoCon at March 28, 2006 9:29 PM
I'm not going anywhere.
Posted by: moonbat supreme at March 28, 2006 9:51 PM
I'm not going anywhere...except down to the Manhole. It's "Free Crisco and gloryhole" Night!
Posted by: moonbat supreme at March 28, 2006 10:51 PM
Moonbat,
Just a small section from this article
"The reason Islamic thugs are so brazen in Denmark is that Danes have bent over backwards to accommodate them. The only food available in Copenhagen public schools is halal — that is, prepared in accordance with sharia. Danish Jews are kept out of some public schools because their presence is regarded as "provocative" to Muslims. The country's only Jewish school has to be defended by a double ring of barbed wire."
You call this freedom? Really?
Posted by: Carrie at March 29, 2006 8:30 AM
That is SOME freedom. Full blown dhimmitude.
Posted by: nikko at March 29, 2006 10:12 AM
Carrie, my feeling has always been, if you cater to one religion's sensitivities, you should be willing to cater to them all. But that's Denmark, not the US. Why is it okay for governments to persecute people in China (to the point where Clinton foolishly rewarded them with most favored nation status in regards to trade, and now, we are pulling a "Dubai" by outsourcing nuclear testing on US soil to Hutchinson Whampoa)and utterly ignore ethnic and/or faith-based slaughter in places like Sudan?
We are hypocrites. America plays favorites, too. The politicians feel as though they HAVE to pander to different special interest groups, and, furthermore, to a certain degree, they do.
The question is, where do you draw the line?
For all I know, the Danes might not choose to be as accommodating to Jewish special interests as they are to Muslim special interests. They may very well have personal motivations, social mandates, or straight-up financial considerations in doing so. It may be a matter of sheer numbers, and THEY might be bringing in cheap help so their companies can profit. I don't know.
The point is, apply the same standard across the line. There is NOTHING anti-Semitic or anti-democratic about that.
Posted by: moonbat supreme at March 29, 2006 7:17 PM
