The Danish newspaper editor who published the Cartoons that Launched a Thousand Fatwas is standing up to the Islamic Gestapo.
As protests continued for a second day in Gaza with shouts of “Death to Denmarkâ€, Flemming Rose, the culture editor of the centre-right daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten, sat in his book-lined office declaring his surprise at the reaction.
He said that he had to stand his ground because, as in the Salman Rushdie affair, freedom of speech was being threatened. “There is a lot at stake. It would be very naive to think this is only about Jyllands-Posten and 12 cartoons and apologising or not apologising.
“This is about standing for fundamental values that have been the (foundation) for the development of Western democracies over several hundred years, and we are now in a situation where those values are being challenged,†he said.
“I think some of the Muslims who have reacted very strongly to these cartoons are being driven by totalitarian and authoritarian impulses, and the nature of these impulses is that if you give in once they will just put forward new requirements.â€
Exactly. Exactly. Read the whole article. This man is on of the heroes as all Danes deserve your support and respect. Send them your prayers and good vibes. We are all obviously in the midst of a World War, with efforts to maintain and defend Western values one of the most important fronts.
