27 Kasım 2004 Cumartesi

The Suddenly-Not-So-Open Dutch

The land of the most free people in the world seems to be re-thinking their policies in light of recent events. Already there's talk about closing borders to non-Westerners and now there are reports of Mosque burnings and beatings of Muslims. And now, an anti-Muslim documentary has won top honors at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.



Mark it down as one more country that has seen the horrors of radical militant faith first-hand. And yet these countries criticize us for the way we have dealt with the radical Islamic threat. We lost 3000 people in one day and have dealt with the larger Muslim public gently, even going out of our way to not offend. The Dutch lose one film-maker and Mosques are burned, Muslims beat, and there's talk about closing the entire country down. Does that seem hypocritical to anyone else, or is it just me?

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