Posted on 11/14/2007 3:47:19 PM PST by WesternCulture
Sweden's largest direct marketing company has joined the national postal service in refusing to distribute a political newspaper containing a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
Earlier this week Posten decided not to distribute SD-Kuriren - a newspaper produced by the far-right Sweden Democrats - in Svedala in southern Sweden. As the newspaper contained a reproduction of Lars Vilks's controversial illustration of Muhammad as a dog, the postal service said that to distribute the publication would constitute a security risk.
"We want to protect the safety of our mail carriers. This illustration has provoked reactions that have led to death threats," a spokesman for Posten, Per Ljungberg, told Sydsvenskan on Monday.
On Wednesday marketing company Svensk Direktreklam announced that it too was refusing to deliver the Sweden Democrats' newspaper. The company stated that it would only distribute political material emanating from Sweden's current parliamentary parties.
Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson was infuriated by the companies' decision not to distribute SD-Kuriren.
"For both Posten and its main competitor to refuse to deliver information from a particular political party is a serious threat to free expression," he said in a statement.
TT/The Local
“far-right Sweden Democrats”
- I fail to see what’s ‘far-right’ about this opinion:
“For both Posten and its main competitor to refuse to deliver information from a particular political party is a serious threat to free expression” or any other of Sverigedemokraterna’s/The Sweden democrat’s basic ideas (below, a quote from their own web site):
“Make life easier for small businesses and entrepreneurs!
SD wants to secure the welfare system and reduce unemployment, but also to give incentives for a growth in economy. It is necessary to lower taxes, simplify the tax codes for small companies and reduce bureaucracy. Small business growth is the key to success in the future.
Sweden needs families!
The family is the key component in a healthy society, and the children are our future. The state should encourage higher birth rates and help families e.g. by keeping a government subsidies for kindergartens and also by introducing corresponding support for families who choose to foster their children without the benefit of kindergarten. Measures to decrease abortion rates should be implemented.
Keep Sweden’s independence!
European cooperation is a good thing, but the establishment of a new European superstate is not. SD wants Sweden to counteract the attempts to dismantle the national states of Europe. Our vision is a Europe of sovereign nations. In addition to the European cooperation we want Sweden to strive for more Nordic and Baltic cooperation, and this should also include cooperation in the fields of defence and security policy.
Stop the development of the multicultural society!
Swedish immigration policy can’t be more lax than in neighbouring countries. Foreigners residing in Sweden will not be tolerated as public charges. A foreigner that can’t support himself should return to his home country. In accordance with recommendations from UN:s High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) the return of refugees should be the normal final solution to refugee problems. Foreigners sentenced for crime must be deported.
Law and order restored, and an effective penal system!
Society is too lenient on crime. Prison terms must be longer and seen upon as punishment. We want to help the victims - not protect the criminals. The police should be given the tools they need to combat crime.
Defend Sweden!
A dissuasive military defence must be maintained in order to keep peace. The whole country must be defended. Conscription is to be kept as the basis of national mobilisation. Emphasis on the role of volunteer defence associations.
Senior citizens need their own government minister!
We want to introduce a minister for retirement affairs with his own department. Pensions must be raised - the people that built this country must be given a liveable income.
Protect the animals!
Animals need not bear pain and fear within themselves. Painful animal tests which aim not to save human lives must be banned.
Protect the environment!
We have inherited the earth from our forebears and we have it on loan from our children. Human activities that permanently harm the nature must end. Sverigedemokraterna is a political party with an ecological philosophy.”
Their english web site:
http://www.sverigedemokraterna.net/int_text.php?action=fullnews&id=225
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The whole world is shaking in its boots. I wonder if this kind of behavior in the 1930’s convinced Hitler that the world was his for the taking.
Great photo!
They're nuts alright.
“The whole world is shaking in its boots. I wonder if this kind of behavior in the 1930’s convinced Hitler that the world was his for the taking.”
Exactly on point!
“They’re nuts alright.”
- I agree with some of their views, but their words about environmental issues as well as protecting the animals and especially the fact that they’re putting it high on their agenda make a very leftist impression.
Journalists and politicians who label all parties that wish to limit immigration ‘far-right’ are themselves ‘far-PC’ and ‘far-Liberal’!
We used to wonder how Hitler could have happened. Now we know.
I guess it beats getting murdered.
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