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 would see the excitable young lads jumping up and down in Jakarta, Lahore, Aden, Hebron, etc., etc., torching the flag of Denmark.
Denmark. Even if you were overcome with a sudden urge to burn the Danish flag, where do you get one in a hurry in Gaza? Well, OK, that's easy: the nearest European Union Humanitarian Aid and Intifada-Funding Branch Office. But where do you get one in an obscure town on the Punjabi plain on a Thursday afternoon?
If I had a sudden yen to burn the Yemeni or Sudanese flag on my village green, I haven't a clue how I would get hold of one in this part of New Hampshire. Say what you like about the Islamic world, they show tremendous initiative and energy and inventiveness, at least in threatening death to the infidels every 48 hours for one perceived offense or another. If only it could be channeled into, say, a small software company, what an economy they would have.
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How right you are!
Oops...my entire post after the first sentence should be italicized; it's all Steyn's, not mine. I can write, but I'm no Mark Steyn, that's for sure.
Hmmm...has this guy been reading Mark Steyn? This is from Steyn last week:
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 would see the excitable young lads jumping up and down in Jakarta, Lahore, Aden, Hebron, etc., etc., torching the flag of Denmark.
Denmark. Even if you were overcome with a sudden urge to burn the Danish flag, where do you get one in a hurry in Gaza? Well, OK, that's easy: the nearest European Union Humanitarian Aid and Intifada-Funding Branch Office. But where do you get one in an obscure town on the Punjabi plain on a Thursday afternoon?
If I had a sudden yen to burn the Yemeni or Sudanese flag on my village green, I haven't a clue how I would get hold of one in this part of New Hampshire. Say what you like about the Islamic world, they show tremendous initiative and energy and inventiveness, at least in threatening death to the infidels every 48 hours for one perceived offense or another. If only it could be channeled into, say, a small software company, what an economy they would have.