"Sensitivity" can have brutal consequences - Mark Steyn

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 2/5/06 | Mark Steyn

[jocon307]

"No doubt he's similarly impressed by the "sensitivity" of Anne Owers, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, for prohibiting the flying of the English national flag in English prisons on the grounds that it shows the cross of St. George, which was used by the Crusaders and thus is offensive to Muslims."

This is insanity.

[jocon307]

"they are either at your feet or at your throat."


That's the Germans.

[peyton randolph]

DRAW MORE CARTOONS!!!

Looks like the European Photoshop gang is having fun with it.

Link here.

[ExpatGator]

Yeah, it does apply to them as well.

[blueminnesota]

[cricket]

One day the British foreign secretary will wake up and discover that, in practice, there's very little difference between living under Exquisitely Refined Multicultural Sensitivity and Sharia. As a famously sensitive Dane once put it, "To be or not to be, that is the question." © Mark Steyn, 2006

Perfectly framed. . .and kudos to Mark for his efforts to wake up all who suffer from the anestheisizing effects of political correctness; the 'weapon of choice' for the Left's culture war. . .

[bronxboy]

As usual Mark hits it out of the ballpark. I fear for Europe. I think they lost their nerve and will slowly but surely become a defacto muslim state. If the USA has a wimp like Clintoon in power, I have no doubt we will give in.

[arasina]

And no doubt he's impressed by the "sensitivity" of Burger King, which withdrew its ice cream cones from its British menus because Rashad Akhtar of High Wycombe complained that the creamy swirl shown on the lid looked like the word "Allah" in Arabic script. I don't know which sura in the Koran says don't forget, folks, it's not just physical representations of God or the Prophet but also chocolate ice cream squiggly representations of the name, but ixnay on both just to be "sensitive."

LOL! I've said it many times, but I'll say it again: Mark Steyn is brilliant.

[Diablerie]

I long ago lost count of the number of times I've switched on the TV and seen crazy guys jumping up and down in the street, torching the Stars and Stripes and yelling ''Death to the Great Satan!''

I seem to recall that happening on 9/11/01 ... and today's cartoon rioters are undoubtedly the very same miscreants.

[Dog Gone]

Thanks for posting the entire article!

[blueminnesota]

Here, I got it working now..

[ImpotentRage]

What do you think about our State Department making a statement about the wrongness of hurting the "sensibilities" of the Muslims? Sounds to me as if we aren't being too strong on anything these days.

[Drew68]

seen crazy guys jumping up and down in the street, torching the Stars and Stripes and yelling ''Death to the Great Satan!'' Or torching the Union Jack and yelling ''Death to the Original If Now Somewhat Arthritic And Semi-Retired Satan!''

More here. The Danes are having some fun with this (Warning: Image heavy and some offensive language and images --no porn though.)

[Right Wing Assault]

the "rightous indignation" took over 3 months to show up

It took that long for the mule carrying the papers from Denmark to get to the great Islamic civilizations.

[Pyro7480]

LOL! That's great!

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"Time to put the genie back in his bottle..."

Time to empty, wash out the bottle, and put it on the shelf of history.

Michael Frazier

[CaptainCanada]

More here. The Danes are having some fun with this

For the sake of accuracy, that is a Dutch website you are pointing to...

[Drew68]

For the sake of accuracy, that is a Dutch website you are pointing to...

Yes, you are correct.

[Hardastarboard]

Kill them (the rioters) in mass quantities. Kill them all!

And don't stop until you can hear a pin drop.

Stop it, man! Stop it! You're making sense. That's not permitted.

[shezza]

Nobody can do dripping sarcasm like Steyn. As usual, spot on and well put.