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"Sensitivity" can have brutal consequences - Mark Steyn
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| 2/5/06
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 02/05/2006 6:14:29 AM PST by joonbug
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!'' Or torching the Union Jack and yelling ''Death to the Original If Now Somewhat Arthritic And Semi-Retired Satan!'' But I never thought I'd switch on the TV and see the excitable young lads jumping up and down in Jakarta, Lahore, Aden, Hebron, etc., etc., torching the flag of Denmark.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: appeasers; cartoons; denmark; flag; marksteyn; multiculturism; muslim; riots; steyn; uk
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To: joonbug
"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.
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posted on
02/05/2006 6:55:45 AM PST
by
jocon307
(The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
To: ExpatGator
"they are either at your feet or at your throat."
That's the Germans.
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posted on
02/05/2006 6:57:38 AM PST
by
jocon307
(The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
To: MedicalMess
DRAW MORE CARTOONS!!!Looks like the European Photoshop gang is having fun with it.
Link here.
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posted on
02/05/2006 6:57:56 AM PST
by
peyton randolph
(As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
To: jocon307
Yeah, it does apply to them as well.
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posted on
02/05/2006 6:59:55 AM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
To: MedicalMess
To: Presbyterian Reporter
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. . .
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:03:52 AM PST
by
cricket
( a)
To: joonbug
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.
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:07:34 AM PST
by
bronxboy
To: Presbyterian Reporter
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.
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:09:01 AM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: All
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.
To: Presbyterian Reporter
Thanks for posting the entire article!
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:19:34 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: MedicalMess
Here, I got it working now..
To: bronxboy
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.
To: joonbug
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.)
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:25:05 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: leadhead
the "rightous indignation" took over 3 months to show upIt took that long for the mule carrying the papers from Denmark to get to the great Islamic civilizations.
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:25:47 AM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: peyton randolph
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:32:34 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
(Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
To: databoss
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
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:39:36 AM PST
by
brazzaville
(no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: Drew68
More here. The Danes are having some fun with this For the sake of accuracy, that is a Dutch website you are pointing to...
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:50:34 AM PST
by
CaptainCanada
(The Canadian electorate has decided not to perpetuate foolishness)
To: CaptainCanada
For the sake of accuracy, that is a Dutch website you are pointing to... Yes, you are correct.
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:52:57 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: DCPatriot
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.
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posted on
02/05/2006 7:57:53 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(HEY - Billy Joe! You ARE an American Idiot!)
To: joonbug
Nobody can do dripping sarcasm like Steyn. As usual, spot on and well put.
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posted on
02/05/2006 8:03:50 AM PST
by
shezza
(3 ... light at the end of the tunnel!)
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