This is where we are headed...

Totally Tolerant, Up to a Point:

"Whether Mr. Wilders has deliberately insulted Muslim people is for the judges to decide. But for a man who calls for a ban on the Koran to act as the champion of free speech is a bit rich. When the British Parliament refused to screen Mr. Wilders’s film at Westminster this week, he cited this as “yet more proof that Europe is losing its freedom.” His defenders, by no means all right-wingers, also claim to be standing up for freedom. A Dutch law professor said he found it “strange” that a man should be prosecuted for “criticizing a book.”

This seems a trifle obtuse. Comparing a book that billions hold sacred to Hitler’s murderous tract is more than an exercise in literary criticism; it suggests that those who believe in the Koran are like Nazis, and an all-out war against them would be justified. This kind of thinking, presumably, is what the Dutch law court is seeking to check."

So here we have the current version of European "tolerance" being promoted in the NY Times. How wonderful! And don't you just love the fact that the writer is so accepting of the system where judges get to decide if Muslims have been insulted. Take care my fellow citizens, because this is the direction that this country is taking. We could all use a bit more insulting......