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I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Some guy from the Wall Street Journal wrote an op-ed piece basically arguing that the Oslo terrorist dude had a point, he just went a little far.
During the hours when I thought that Oslo had been attacked by jihadists, I wept for the city that has been my home for many years. And I hoped Norwegian leaders would respond to this act of violence by taking a more responsible approach to the problems they face in connection with Islam. When it emerged that these acts of terror were the work of a native Norwegian who thought he was striking a blow against jihadism and its enablers, it was immediately clear to me that his violence will deal a heavy blow to an urgent cause.
Norway, like the rest of Europe, is in serious trouble. Millions of European Muslims live in rigidly patriarchal families in rapidly growing enclaves where women are second-class citizens, and where non-Muslims dare not venture. Surveys show that an unsettling percentage of Muslims in Europe reject Western values, despise the countries they live in, support the execution of homosexuals, and want to replace democracy with Shariah law. (According to a poll conducted by the Telegraph, 40% of British Muslims want Shariah implemented in predominantly Muslim parts of the United Kingdom.)
Jesus fucking christ, man. Oh yeah, I'm totally scared of being forced into a burka and having to follow sharia law. Gimme a break. It's people like that author who lay the ideological groundwork for the Breiviks of Europe who scare the bejeesus out of me.
And if there is one word worthy of a nomination as Unwort* of the decade, it is "terror expert". I don't know how things looked to people right after the bomb exploded, but when I heard about it after the shooting on the island the very last thought in my mind was Al-Qaida. It just made no sense. It just screamed domestic terrorism to me. Also, as if Europeans needed Al-Qaida to learn about terrorism. *eyeroll*
Oh, and would it surprise you terribly that terrorist dude had a hate-on for feminism? I have his manifesto open in front of me; dude is scary.
* ... words and phrases from the public language, which are factually grossly inappropriate and may even violate human dignity." [source]
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During the hours when I thought that Oslo had been attacked by jihadists, I wept for the city that has been my home for many years. And I hoped Norwegian leaders would respond to this act of violence by taking a more responsible approach to the problems they face in connection with Islam. When it emerged that these acts of terror were the work of a native Norwegian who thought he was striking a blow against jihadism and its enablers, it was immediately clear to me that his violence will deal a heavy blow to an urgent cause.
Norway, like the rest of Europe, is in serious trouble. Millions of European Muslims live in rigidly patriarchal families in rapidly growing enclaves where women are second-class citizens, and where non-Muslims dare not venture. Surveys show that an unsettling percentage of Muslims in Europe reject Western values, despise the countries they live in, support the execution of homosexuals, and want to replace democracy with Shariah law. (According to a poll conducted by the Telegraph, 40% of British Muslims want Shariah implemented in predominantly Muslim parts of the United Kingdom.)
Jesus fucking christ, man. Oh yeah, I'm totally scared of being forced into a burka and having to follow sharia law. Gimme a break. It's people like that author who lay the ideological groundwork for the Breiviks of Europe who scare the bejeesus out of me.
And if there is one word worthy of a nomination as Unwort* of the decade, it is "terror expert". I don't know how things looked to people right after the bomb exploded, but when I heard about it after the shooting on the island the very last thought in my mind was Al-Qaida. It just made no sense. It just screamed domestic terrorism to me. Also, as if Europeans needed Al-Qaida to learn about terrorism. *eyeroll*
Oh, and would it surprise you terribly that terrorist dude had a hate-on for feminism? I have his manifesto open in front of me; dude is scary.
* ... words and phrases from the public language, which are factually grossly inappropriate and may even violate human dignity." [source]
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