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| Cartoons were an act of inclusion: Danish editor |
| 2006-06-03 |
| Flemming Rose, culture editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, has said in an interview that he published the cartoons that sent a wave of protest across the Muslim world as an act of “inclusion, not exclusion.” In an article published in Germany’s leading weekly Der Spiegel, Rose says the worldwide furore unleashed by the cartoons was both a surprise and a tragedy, especially for those directly affected by it. Lives were lost, buildings were torched and people were driven into hiding. “And yet the unbalanced reactions to the not-so-provocative caricatures - loud denunciations and even death threats toward us, but very little outrage toward the people who attacked two Danish Embassies - unmasked unpleasant realities about Europe’s failed experiment with multiculturalism. It’s time for the Old Continent to face facts and make some profound changes in its outlook on immigration, integration and the coming Muslim demographic surge. After decades of appeasement and political correctness, combined with growing fear of a radical minority prepared to commit serious violence, Europe’s moment of truth is here,” he writes. According to Rose, Europe today finds itself “trapped in a posture of moral relativism that is undermining its liberal values.” He believes that there is an “unholy three-cornered alliance between Middle East dictators, radical imams who live in Europe and Europe’s traditional left wing,” which is enabling a “politics of victimology,” which drives a culture that resists integration and adaptation, perpetuates national and religious differences and aggravates such debilitating social ills as high immigrant crime rates and entrenched unemployment. He writes, “As one who once championed the utopian state of multicultural bliss, I think I know what I’m talking about. I was raised on the ideals of the 1960s, in the midst of the Cold War. I saw life through the lens of the counter-cultural turmoil, adopting both the hippie pose and the political superiority complex of my generation. I and my high school peers believed that the West was imperialistic and racist. We analysed decaying Western civilisation through the texts of Marx and Engels and lionised John Lennon’s beautiful but stupid tune about an ideal world without private property.” |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 According to Rose, Europe today finds itself “trapped in a posture of moral relativism that is undermining its liberal values.” He believes that there is an “unholy three-cornered alliance between Middle East dictators, radical imams who live in Europe and Europe’s traditional left wing,” which is enabling a “politics of victimology,” which drives a culture that resists integration and adaptation, perpetuates national and religious differences and aggravates such debilitating social ills as high immigrant crime rates and entrenched unemployment. And again, 6. This is it, folks. Spelled out in plain |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-03 13:32 |
| #2 Welcome to the "Right" way, baby. It took you a long time to get here, but you're on your way now. |
| Posted by: Slains Jeretle4727 2006-06-03 08:54 |
| #1 According to Rose, Europe today finds itself “trapped in a posture of moral relativism that is undermining its liberal values.” He believes that there is an “unholy three-cornered alliance between Middle East dictators, radical imams who live in Europe and Europe’s traditional left wing,” which is enabling a “politics of victimology,” which drives a culture that resists integration and adaptation, perpetuates national and religious differences and aggravates such debilitating social ills as high immigrant crime rates and entrenched unemployment. Just wanted to read that again. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-03 07:02 |