EU-Ministers “considering” Arab demands
Ah fuck! On top of everything else today, now this:
UPDATE: Transcript of interview with Foreign Commissioner of EU at the bottom of this post. Looks ominous.
UPDATE: Time to do the Dhimmi dance. Turkish Foreign Minister to urge European nations to “examine their legislation!”
UPDATE: Today is a day of happy tidings. See this post.
Jyllands-Posten, March 10, 2006
EU-Ministers considering Arab demands
It may no longer be enough to just combat discrimination, a presentation document at meeting of EU-ministers says.
As a pendant to the Muhammed-affair, the Foreign Ministers of the EU are considering complying with Arab demands to “fight defamation of religion.”
So far the EU has voted against these kinds of proposals at meetings of the UN General Assembly, but they are now considering reversing that. So a written presentation document aiming at bettering the relations between Europe and the Islamic countries.
- It raises the question of whether, considering recent events, we should reconsider the EU’s approach to these matters at the UN General Assembly, the document says.The Islamic Conference, the OIC and the Arab League have demanded guarantees that the Muhammed-affair will not be repeated.
Transcript of Interview with EU Foreign Commissioner Benita Ferroro Waldner. Available here.
Commentator: Why couldn’t you just put the Muhammed-affair to rest?
BFW: Because I don’t think this was a sporadic incidence. I think it was the peak of an iceberg, if you want. It showed a frustration among Moslems. And I think what we have to do is really engage with them, clearly speaking up about our fundamentals but also see where is, so to say, the border of that, the limit of that. And I think the limit of our Freedom of Speech is there where, indeed, the freedom of “the other” starts and where we have to show a responsibility and a respect and also tolerance for each other. But I also see it as a two-way street.
The only non-dhimmi response to this I have been able to find is this from the Danish People’s Party (excerpt of longer article):
The Danish People’s Party finds Solana’s presentation paper “depressing”.
“We must counteract any and all intiatives meant to limit free debate. A UN-declaration can only be viewed as an attempt to stifle the debate but what we need is a diverse debate”, says Kristian Thulesen Dahl (DPP)
“We are facing countries who know nothing of Democracy and Freedom of Speech. They want to limit Freedom of Speech through resolutions in diffferent international forums,” Kristian Thulesen Dahl says.
EU Commissioner Waldner should shut up until she understands what Freedom of Speech actually means.
Certainly what it does not mean is that I shut up if you do not like what I say.
That is in fact the opposite of Free Speech.
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Comment by Colin Nelson — March 10, 2006 @ 9:15 pm
Will there be a revolution in Europe against the ruling elite who are bargaining the continent away?
Comment by scribe — March 10, 2006 @ 9:59 pm
#2, scribe
Probably not, but for humanitarian reasons the USians might want to consider expanding its green card programmme. The demand will be high.
Comment by Administrator — March 10, 2006 @ 10:09 pm
The answer for the EU ministers is very easy. Buy and wear a burka, keep your asses greased, don’t wear underwear and get ready to take it all up by the Muslims. Oh, and practice the phrase, “Thank you, sir! May I have another?”
Comment by Right Wing Donn — March 10, 2006 @ 10:55 pm
“EU-Ministers Considering Arab Demands”:
Agora reports, translating today’s Jyllands-Posten article from Danish (if you sp…
Trackback by The Volokh Conspiracy — March 10, 2006 @ 11:11 pm
The Wrong Choice at the Wrong Time
The Danish Blog Agora tells us that the Jyllands Posten newspaper has reported that “As a pendant to the Muhammed-affair, the Foreign Ministers of the EU are considering complying with Arab demands to “fight defamation of religion.”” “So far the EU h…
Trackback by Gardjola - Outpost on the West — March 11, 2006 @ 4:08 pm
Your Egalitarian Views are Crumbling
How each country responds is instructive to the values of the society. Reality is putting pressure on those values.
Trackback by Simi Valley Sophist — March 11, 2006 @ 8:22 pm
I’m thinking it might be a good idea to give all Imams in Europe (and the US for that matter) a copy of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Consider; Muslim extremists are burning Christian churches, flying planes into buildings, and strapping bombs to their children to blow up Jews, and the Imams turn a blind eye. However, publish a cartoon image of the prophet and they are ready to destroy civilization. Apparently, some “animals” are more equal than others. How ironic it is that the Imams are sounding like the ruling pigs of Animal Farm. When the EU ministers meet with the Muslim leaders, I hope BLT sandwiches are on the lunch menu.
Sincerely,
Mark
Comment by Wm Mark Cosby — March 12, 2006 @ 1:57 pm