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You won't beat terror with tolerance
A good, but lengthy, interview with Hirsi Ali from the (London) Times. This part at the end may be the most intriguing. The last paragraph should be particularly provocative to Rantburgers. But the Times headline writers should be given some credit.: She is a curious mix, Ali. Her hardline image has won her a job at a right-wing think tank. But her critique of Muslim immigrants is a liberal one: that they reject Dutch freedoms such as the sexual revolution. We have had radical Muslims throwing paint bombs at nude paintings. They complain billboards advertising underwear are there to insult them. They arent, they are there to sell underwear. She supports a video Holland shows would-be immigrants of gays kissing and women letting it all hang out the point being, if it offends you, dont come. Something major happened in Holland in 1968, the year before I was born, she says. A view emerged that authority was bad and not just the states. You should negotiate with children, not tell them what to do. There was a paradigm shift from authority to negotiation. It was extreme stuff: in Holland, students can negotiate their exam mark. Posted by: ryuge 2006-06-04 |
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