The End of Freedom of Speech

Previously this blog published a translation by Professor Hans Jansen of the letter the assassin of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh pinned to his body.

Hans Jansen’s analysis of the letter by Mohammed B., shows the incompatibility of the presence of Muslim communities in Western democratic societies. Not only is the liberal dream of Bush and his neo-conservative advisors of remaking Islamic societies as free and democratic an impossible one, simultaniously opening one’s own country to invasion by tens of thousands of Muslims will have the effect of rendering Freedom of Speech, essential to the working of democracy, difficult. And this while Freedom of Speech is essential for setting the political course of a democratic entity.

Assimilation is not a cure. Mohammed B. was born in The Netherlands and went to good schools here. He CHOSE the Wahhabist version of Islam which tells him that those who criticise and ridicule Islam have to be killed and that this is a duty of a Muslim and a key to Paradise.

Islam critics like Daniel Pipes, Mark Steyn, Robert Spencer and others, who fail to expose the absurdity of G.W. Bush’ "war to democratize the Islamic world", while the Islamic offensive in Western Europe and the USA goes on unimpeded may eventually become victims of their own oversight. Either because attempts will be made on their lives for their criticism of Islam. Or because they will either have to change the subject when they realize their predicament through the examples that are made of others. There are now an estimated 3 to 6 million of Muslims in the USA. What if they are 10 percent of the population, say 30 million? Inbridled immigration will bring them in and the aforementioned Islam critics do nothing to criticise Islam.

Jihadists regard it as their God-given duty to fight un-Islamic governments and to silence dissenters. For Westerners it is an unusual feature of war. Failure to appreciate this will be dear as the Dutch have found out at their expense. Learn from the mistakes of others while you can. Tomorrow it may be too late and the capacity for learning, which is such a distinguishing feature of Western societies will not just be impaired by the Politically Correct powers in media and academia, but be reinforced by Islamic terror. Only the very brave will speak up and who can know in advance if there will be a sufficiency of bravery to turn back the tide?