Danish cartoon

I'm furious about the Arab world. Democracy means that anyone can say almost anything unless it's discrimination. But artists are more privileged to say what's on their mind. So if they want to make fun of every kind of believes it's okay.
It's almost a duty of artists to confront people with themselves, to shock society.

This mob about the Danish cartoon shows exactly how thin the ice is. It shows also how explosive the middle-east and Muslim situation is.

Europe has to stand firm against the Muslim fundamentalism. Europe has to tell what their values are. What the Trias Politica is, what the separation of church and state means and that in case of an argument the juridical way is the ultimate solution.

You can read it also in words of Ibn Warraq published in Der Spiegel

Later in this year 1,500 Dutch soldiers, marines and their equipment will be shipped to Uruzgan in central Afghanistan. Dutch Parliament has decided 2 days ago to go. So from now on we have to count our words, every word matters, every argument has negative consequences.

In a democracy every person has the right to state a message. It can not be that if the message is against the Minister in power dealing with political refugees, economical refugees, illegal foreigners, that minister forbids the message and forces the protesters to recall the huge pamphlet's on mainly sqauts.

She, Rita Verdonk, tries it with legal action, that's true. Nevertheless if a Minister can't stand criticism, what kind of arrogant Government we got then in the Hague?
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Posted by Jan to *** JANSBLOG *** at 11/18/2005 11:12:00 PM