Free Speech Taking Its Last Breaths In Europe
Maybe people here in America who take our right to free speech for granted would think twice if they knew what passes for it in Canada and other places we consider free western democracies.
Incredible interview reprinted in English on Jihadwatch with Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, by S.M. Steinitz, for profil (Austria's equivalent to "Time" magazine and "Der Spiegel") on the charges of "hate" speech against her for speaking the truth about the dangers to free democratic western societies from the creep of Islam. An excerpt:
Mrs. Sabaditsch-Wolff, are you afraid of Muslims?No, I am afraid of political Islam, which is massively gaining influence in Europe. That is what I am against.
What is your goal?
I want to preserve Europe and its democratic and secular values.
What bothers you about the Islamic way of life?
Islamic doctrine discriminates against women and non-Muslims. Islamic law, or shariah, cannot be reconciled with democratic principles and universal human rights.
...You are accused of making the following statements, among others: "Muslims rape children because of their religion", or "Mohammed enjoyed contact with children." Why the polemics?
This is a clever strategy. You and all the others who are now crying wolf are locked in a choice of words. As a result you are able to maneuver yourselves away from the main point. It is a fact that Mohammed married a six-year-old at the age of 56. To this day men in Islamic countries view this as legitimizing marriage to a minor, thereby causing rape and life-long trauma. This is the problem we need to address, and not how circumscribe this bitter reality.
Are you afraid that these customs will become part of Europe?
There are groups who have this goal. In every Islamic system you find that human rights of young girls are in grave danger. Look at Saudi Arabia. Look at the former socialist South Yemen. When Khomeini came to power he lowered the minimum age for girls to get married to nine years.
You are being accused of Islamophobia. Does this bother you?
A phobia is an irrational fear. My worries are not irrational, but justified. One of these days our politicians will have to recognize this fact. People like me are not right-wing xenophobes.
...But isn't the referendum on the minaret ban in Switzerland also a step backwards?
The result of the referendum is the best proof that politicians should finally take the Islamization of Europe seriously.
What do you think about the reaction from the Islamic world regarding the referendum?
The Islamic world leads in discrimination against religious minorities. Christians are persecuted and discriminated against in all Islamic countries. You have to remember that the Christian culture is not one that immigrated or is foreign; it is indigenous. There is a complete ban on building churches in Turkey. And now Erdogan speaks of discrimination against Muslims in Switzerland? Where are Muslims being discriminated against in Switzerland? The European elite allows the Islamic countries to walk all over themselves while bowing down to them.
Read the whole thing at the link.
It's capitulating to bullies, essentially. "We don't want to have to protect you from jihad, so just don't say anything bad about Islam."
How about instead when these schoolyard Crids start threatening people, you take their threats seriously and go after them?
Patrick at December 6, 2009 3:17 AM
"A phobia is an irrational fear. My worries are not irrational, but justified."
This is all of it in a nutshell. The thing that gets me about the appologists, is that the Muslims are not doing ANYTHING other than what they have said they would do, in their own defining text.. It's been out there for anyone to see for a very long time.
When the villain starts his monologue, he is telling you precisely what he will do, and that he is starting. The ultimate arrogance is to beleive that you know better than him what he is doing.
SwissArmyD at December 6, 2009 9:11 AM
Exactly, Swiss. Being afraid, in this case, isn't irrational - it's completely prudent.
Amy Alkon at December 6, 2009 9:32 AM
When I read stuff like this, I'm always thankful about our First Amendment.
Whatever at December 6, 2009 10:21 AM
Whatever: Find public place, attract an audience and start telling non-PC truths about sensitive minorities. How long will it take for you to be arrested on some charge or other?
bradley13 at December 7, 2009 4:50 AM
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