Gimli Battles the Race Card (John Rhys-Davies slammed for defending Western Civilization)

FrontPage Magazine ^ | January 22, 2004 | Robert Spencer

[quidnunc]

Muslim advocacy groups in the West are making skillful use of the race card against anyone who points out uncomfortable truths. One of the most recent targets of this is John Rhys-Davies, the Welsh actor who plays Gimli the dwarf in the Lord of the Rings movies. IcWales, which identifies itself as “the national website of Wales,” reported that Rhys-Davies had “kicked off a race storm” last Saturday by “making anti-Muslim remarks.”

What did he say? He pointed out that “by 2020, 50 per cent of the children in Holland under the age of 18 will be of Muslim descent.” This is, he said, just part of a “demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren’t bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially. And rightly we should be. But there is a cultural thing as well. I think that Tolkien [author of the Lord of the Rings books] says that some generations will be challenged. And if they do not rise to meet that challenge, they will lose their civilisation.”

“Many do not understand,” he continued, “how precarious Western civilisation is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you.” It’s clear from this that Rhys-Davies didn’t have race in mind, or culture in the sense of styles of clothing or eating habits. He was expressing his concern about those who wish to erase the Western principles of tolerance and democracy in the name of the ideology of jihad.

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[Paul Atreides]

Yet, some Follywood lefty condemning Christianity and Western Civilization would have been treated as insightful.

[Cubs Fan]

Good for him. I'd say he's a lot like his courageous movie character. it takes guts to tell the truth in this world of increasing PC evil.

[Enterprise]

I made a special point of going to see Return of the King again just because of Gimli.

[cyborg]

I'm still trying to figure out how this is about race if this about a religion that different people from different countries follow.

[Paul Atreides]

I'm going to miss seeing John, in movies.

[2Jedismom]

Ping.

[Tempest]

Oh never fear. Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, and the Dixie Chicks will be along any moment to defend his freedom of speech . . . .

[Paul Atreides]

Does John have an official site? If so, I'd like to voice my support to him.

[cyborg]

It's forthcoming apparently...
http://www.johnrhys-davies.com/

[Tempest]

Doh! Ya beat me to the punch ;^)

[Tempest]

It's about a religon with a 1+ billion strong membership. With over about 10-15% of them being fanatical and the rest unwilling to admit to the fanaticism within their own ranks.

[cyborg]

I agree...

[ecurbh]

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[TigersEye]

Adam Price, the MP from Rhys-Davies’ home town, declared: “I condemn these comments as being racist and ill-informed. It is obvious that this man who now lives in the lap of luxury in Hollywood is out of touch with realities of the nature of present day European society. His attack on Muslims and comments about the threat that they pose to Western society shows his ignorance of world events and the true teachings of Islam.”

Talk about ill-informed. What is it with these British MP's? Here's one who thinks she'd like to be a suicide bomber.

[Siamese Princess]

It's about a religon with a 1+ billion strong membership. With over about 10-15% of them being fanatical and the rest unwilling to admit to the fanaticism within their own ranks.

You're right about that.

[StoneColdGOP]

Going to see it for the 7th time tonight, I'll cheer extra loud for Gimli.

[Enterprise]

Gimli: "Never thought I'd die in battle fighting beside an elf."

Legolas: "Could you die fighting beside a friend?"

Gimli: "Aye, I could do that."

(Maybe not an exact quote, but pretty close)

[StoneColdGOP]

Gimli: "Certainty of death... Small chance of success... What are we waiting for?"

(Love that dwarf!)