Kommentarer til: Terror suspects considered bombing journalist behind Mohammed cartoons

Af: dofus kamas

dofus kamas — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:29:22 +0000

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Af: Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:52:16 +0000

Flemming Rose and the good people at Pajamas Media have been so kind to link to us in his/their own piece on the story:http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/10/post_241.php

Af: Niels A Nielsen

Niels A Nielsen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:30:48 +0000

The above story serves as an excellent reminder to us all. P K-K: “Politically correct, Danish (and non-Danish) commentators will no doubt say that Rose should have expected something like this to happen. Disrespectfully, we disagree.” Sadly, anyone publishing controversial (read: critical) material on the topic of Islam and Muhammed in the future should in fact consider the possibility of something like this to happen. And anyone doing so in the future, in spite of the risks involved, is not only exercising his/her freedom of speech, (s)he is also courageously and admirably taking up arms in a long and fierce struggle to uphold freedom in our lands. Flemming Rose has shown us the way.

Af: Jens

Jens — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:28:18 +0000

Christoffer Bugge Harder “I think that those people sincerely do think of Islam as a persecuted religion in Europe and that most problems just stem from “misunderstandings” and “lack of tolerance” from native Europeans. “Well, then maybe it is about time for them to wake up and face reality. I’m afraid your right, but its just so sad that I dont wanna believe it. As I recall, Morten Homann was a rare left-wing exception during the crisis.Two years ago, who would have thought that by 2007 Asmaa Abdol-Hamid would be a candidate for Enhedslisten, even though she wanted the people responsible for the drawings to be punished. Gotta love Enhedslisten for sending out such a strong signal about their support for freedom of speech.Anyway, if you want to read an interesting article about lack of tolerance, try this:http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/263364

Af: Christoffer Bugge Harder

Christoffer Bugge Harder — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:32:32 +0000

All possible disagreements between left and right wings nonwithstanding, I think this should serve as a case to remind us what the most fundamental common ground of all political debate in a democracy is supposed to be – the respect for the right to freedom of speech. Being left-leaning (by Danish standards, which probably says a lot), one of my greatest disappointments with the Danish left wing has been its reluctance to accept the fact that political Islam is a totalitarian movement which is simply not compatible with democracy. I allow myself to quote the following statement of a Danish left-winger, Morten Homann, about how the left is fighting for the wrong purposes: “The freedom of speech must remain uninfringeable and cannot be relativised with references to possible evil motives of some speakers. The Muhammed crisis has taught the left wing the necessity of making the fight for democracy, human rights and a secular public space a top priority”. I agree to everything – except that I would substitute “has taught” with “should teach”. I would also like to add that I think it would be wrong to believe that the people in Denmark and abroad taking sides against Flemming Rose in this case is doing so simply out of “political correctness” – if by this allegation one imagines the people making statements about how Rose has “abused” his right to free speech “to ridicule minorities” are doing so simply because they are afraid of being ostracised at dinner parties with other well-meaning people in elitist circles and such. I think that those people sincerely do think of Islam as a persecuted religion in Europe and that most problems just stem from “misunderstandings” and “lack of tolerance” from native Europeans. From my personal experience, I was living in Germany during the caricature crisis, and I was truly astounded by the virtually complete absence of support for Denmark and Jyllands-Posten from almost all sides of the German political spectrum – even in the Land of Baden-Württemberg, traditionally one of the most pronounced CDU strongholds. I remember several articles from Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit and Schwäbisches Tagblatt, in which prominent Danish people were quoted speaking out against the cartoons claiming that the public debate in Denmark suffered from a poisoned, racist athmosphere, and where the only supporters of JP mentioned were Søren Krarup and Louise Frevert (and the reporters were quick to stress that Frevert was “eine ehemalige Pornodarstellerin”). In fact, I received quite some unwanted attention from many different people when I revealed my nationality in conversations, and the reactions were remarkably similar, no matter whom I talked to or where – “Naja, was hätte man sich sonst erwarten können, wenn man so viele Leute in einer Schlagzeile beleidigt?” Apparently, there are too many people having trouble in grasping the very real threat of Islamic fundamentalism as well as separating possible personal dislike of the cartoons from the support of the freedom of speech. I already knew (and deplored) that this applied to all too many from the political left, but the fact that it seems to be a structural feature of the politics of many other countries makes it even sadder.

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