Dutch politician Geert Wilders, the maker of the anti-Koran movie Fitna, received a standing ovation after a speech he gave on Sunday in the Danish Parliament. Wilders was in Copenhagen at the invitation of the Danish Free Press Association (Trykkefrihedsselskabet). The speech was attended by the leaders of the Dansk Folkeparti (DF, Danish People’s Party), a conservative party that defends Danish national identity and sovereignty. The DF is the third largest party in Denmark. It supports a minority government of Conservatives and Liberals in exchange for strict immigration policies. Last Saturday, Wilders lunched with Pia Kjaersgaard, the DF leader.

A quote from Diana West at her blog, 2 June 2008

Reading about [...] the suicide-bombing of the already skeleton-staffed Danish embassy essentially live on the Internet, I want to know about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal: namely, is it possible to destroy it, remove it (military options) or just neutralize it (spy stuff)? And if not, why not? […]

Italian voters in April returned Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to a third term in office. The center-right leader was given a strong mandate to crack down on runaway immigration and spiraling street crime, two hot-button issues that are intrinsically linked, not just in the minds of Italians, but in those of many other Europeans too, especially in Spain.

As a result, Spanish Socialists are (rightly) worried that Berlusconi’s get-tough approach will jeopardize their own fantastical vision of turning Europe into a post-modern multicultural utopia.

A quote from The Sunday Telegraph, 1 June 2008

A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham. The evangelists say they were threatened with arrest for committing a "hate crime" and were told they risked being beaten up if they returned. The incident will fuel fears that "no-go areas" for Christians are emerging in British towns and cities, as the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, claimed in The Sunday Telegraph this year.

A quote from Larry Auster at his blog, 1 June 2008

Do not miss seeing the living, breathing, tough-New Yawk-talkin' embodiment of the pro-Hillary rage […]. And the amazing spectacle we're witnessing now is the resurgence of the white working man and woman (albeit in a changed, modern incarnation) in the Democratic party. Or rather their rebellion against the Democratic party.

George Handlery on the week that was. Chimp rights. How blind is color blind? Obama Wright or wrong? The rule of law and criminal rights. The science of bogus facts. Direct democracy and bureaucratic regulation. Peace rockets and warmongering missiles. How to get a lot for nothing?
 
1. The European Court of Justice for the protection of human rights will examine the plea to grant recognition to a chimp as a person with corresponding rights. The litigant is not the chimp personally. If successful, this individual will get a guardian to represent his interests. In a future case one anticipates, institutionalized discrimination against chimps will be charged. Putting someone under tutelage because he is a chimp has implications. They are that all chimpanzees, regardless of their personal merits, are deemed to need a guardian. This is, indeed, a clear case of racial profiling.

A quote from Tottenham Lad at his blog, 7 March 2008

[T]he courts have also stepped in more than once to ban the media from reporting the full details of a particular gang rape case, as for example in the attack on the Austrian tourist, detailed before, where the Daily Mail was found in contempt of court for giving details of certain matters, a ban which the newspaper later challenged.

A quote from John Lukacs in The American Conservative, 2 June 2008

There was a consistency in Churchill’s view of Europe and of the world. To him, and for Britain, there were only two alternatives: either all of Europe dominated by Germany or the eastern half of Europe dominated by Russia, and half – especially the western half – of Europe was better than none. Besides, Churchill said that the Russians could swallow Eastern Europe but not digest it and that Communism would disappear from Eastern Europe before long. If Hitler had won the war, German rule would have been much more enduring.

This communiqué from Jean-Marie Le Pen summarizes another directive from the European Union on "multiple discrimination". This post can be added to my two recent posts on anti-discrimination measures taken by the EU:

A quote from Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, in Standpoint, June 2008

It is indeed ironic that Britain had to cope with large numbers of people from other faiths and cultures arriving at exactly the time when there was a catastrophic loss of Christian discourse. Thus Christian hospitality, which should have welcomed the new arrivals on the basis of Britain’s Christian heritage, to which they would be welcome to contribute, was replaced by the newfangled and insecurely founded doctrine of multiculturalism. This offered “tolerance” rather than hospitality, in some cases benign neglect rather than engagement, and an emphasis on cultural and religious distinctiveness rather than integration. […] [T]he result has been segregated communities and parallel lives, rather than an awareness of belonging together and a common citizenship which foster integration and respect for fundamental freedoms for all. […]