Mark Steyn on Charlie Hebdo
January 8, 2015 at 4:05 am
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2015 at 4:14 am by mralstoner.)
A passionate plea for free speech by Mark Steyn, but see my comments below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WklsCGIfLdQ
I'm in two minds about this now. Sure, we reflexively want to defend free speech always and everywhere. But the West is now entering a high security, high vigil environment of perpetual war against us by local Mohammedans. They are here in big numbers and the terrorism will seemingly not stop ever, so long as we have Muslims in large numbers here.
The only secure solution for the West is to isolate our Muslim populations i.e. build a big wall like Israel had to, and severely limit the movement of Muslims within the West. But we're a long way from anything like that, hence the violence will continue.
So, in that context, is it a good idea for Mark Steyn to antagonise Mohammedans by demanding that all newspapers show the cartoons?
From a practical point of view, I don't see anything good coming from publishing the cartoons. Ordinarily we should defend free speech always and everywhere, but these mofos have declared war on us, so does any good come from publishing the cartoons and endangering the press? I tend to think we should forget about the cartoons and work towards REAL solutions that promote security like a policy of containment of our Muslim population.
I don't think the "get tough" approach has been thought through. It's emotional. It's testosterone. But it's not the path to a secure environment. Getting tough on Muslims only gets you so far, but the violence is never fully contained. The only path to peace with Muslims is to build a freaking big wall and to keep their freakshow contained within those walls.
Those who disagree, and want to keep on the "get tough" road, will not provide you with peace. Peace with Muslims is an illusion. Time to build a wall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WklsCGIfLdQ
I'm in two minds about this now. Sure, we reflexively want to defend free speech always and everywhere. But the West is now entering a high security, high vigil environment of perpetual war against us by local Mohammedans. They are here in big numbers and the terrorism will seemingly not stop ever, so long as we have Muslims in large numbers here.
The only secure solution for the West is to isolate our Muslim populations i.e. build a big wall like Israel had to, and severely limit the movement of Muslims within the West. But we're a long way from anything like that, hence the violence will continue.
So, in that context, is it a good idea for Mark Steyn to antagonise Mohammedans by demanding that all newspapers show the cartoons?
From a practical point of view, I don't see anything good coming from publishing the cartoons. Ordinarily we should defend free speech always and everywhere, but these mofos have declared war on us, so does any good come from publishing the cartoons and endangering the press? I tend to think we should forget about the cartoons and work towards REAL solutions that promote security like a policy of containment of our Muslim population.
I don't think the "get tough" approach has been thought through. It's emotional. It's testosterone. But it's not the path to a secure environment. Getting tough on Muslims only gets you so far, but the violence is never fully contained. The only path to peace with Muslims is to build a freaking big wall and to keep their freakshow contained within those walls.
Those who disagree, and want to keep on the "get tough" road, will not provide you with peace. Peace with Muslims is an illusion. Time to build a wall.
