Islamism, “Hate Speech,” and Jihad
At the beginning of 2009 The Times of London revealed that Britain was preparing to receive an unknown number of Guantánamo Bay detainees so that president Obama would be able to permanently close the detention center down. The gross short sightedness of Obama’s decision was illustrated in recent days, when it was revealed that the CIA has informed the new president that the most likely source of attack on the US would be Britain, or, more particularly, British-born Pakistani extremists.
Living in the Extended Present
1. Supposedly, densely inhabited countries can prop up their dropping population by immigration. Indeed, a demographically oriented migration policy can make sense. This is why it has been applied by the classical countries of immigration. In their case, though, the purpose of immigration has not been to replace natural growth but to accelerate it. The goal was to populate empty spaces. However, these receiving countries have adjusted their policy of acceptance. Measures were introduced to filter immigrants by considering their skills and their willingness to adapt in the pursuit of success. At present, not infrequently, immigrants, who often demand entry as refugees, are unskilled. This coincides with the growing structural unemployment of unqualified indigenous workers. All too frequently, not only skills but also the aspiration to accept the values that cause social mobility is also missing. That is why, given the absolute numbers involved, the rags-to-riches stories are becoming rare among some immigrant groups. Most of their members are satisfied by the returns from bad jobs that mean dead end careers in shrinking industries ending in welfare dependency. Aggravating is the implications for the social order, public security and to the principles of the host’s political system.
Shouting Fire in the Lords
Reaction to Wilders’ Deportation
The British government is “the biggest bunch of cowards in Europe. They are more Chamberlain than Churchill,” Dutch MP and anti-Islamist Geert Wilders said yesterday, after being refused entry into Britain, to show his anti-Islamist film Fitna in the House of Lords. He was detained on arrival at Britain's Heathrow His passport was taken, and he was deported a few hours later.
The House of Lords Speech: What Wilders Would Have Said If Britain Allowed Free Speech
From the International Free Press Society website:
Below is the text of the address that Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders was invited to deliver at the House of Lords on Thursday, February 12, 2009. Instead of making this address and showing his film Fitna, he was detained by UK immigration officials on his arrival at London Heathrow airport and sent back to the Netherlands as a risk to “public security.”
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much.
Thank you for inviting me. Thank you Lord Pearson and Lady Cox for showing Fitna [see ithere], and for your gracious invitation. While others look away, you seem to understand the true tradition of your country, and a flag that still stands for freedom.
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