Dutch Authorities Allow Radical Islam To Bear Fruit

Europe's utopian nannystate is becoming ever more brazen in its efforts to silence the critics of Islam as evidenced by a recent arrest in the Netherlands of Gregorius Nekschot, a cartoonist friend of Theo Van Gogh, for the crime of “publishing cartoons which are discriminating for Muslims and people with dark skin.”

Van Gogh, if you remember, was murdered in the street by a vengeful Muslim for offending Islam.

The Dutch government, disliking the looks of blood-stained concrete (and apparently the additional security costs associated with protecting outspoken critics of Islam,) believes it more fitting and effective to silence the critics to avoid violence rather than to make violent Muslims understand that they must yield to the rule of law and that falling into a murderous rage after any perceived insult will not be tolerated.

Achieving insult to Islam is not difficult. It can be done with a cartoon, stating an opinion, retelling history, quoting a Muslim authority, handling a Koran or even labeling a delicious ice cream treat. Discriminating against Muslims is also very easy to do. It could include making Muslims present picture identification, making them wash their arms in before administering first aid, forcing Muslim taxi drivers to provide service to all taxi patrons, forcing Muslims behaving in provocative ways off of commercial jet airliners, or by making reluctant Muslims adhere to company work rules that are adhered to by every other person working there.

There is extreme value in broadcasting to those that would bully you, that you will not be bullied any longer. There is value in letting thugs know that you will not be forced into a box of antiseptic thought. There is value in letting others know that you strongly believe that it is time that violence prone scoundrels grow up and begin to act in an adult manner instead of behaving like an elementary school tough-guy trapped in a perpetual time bubble.

That this must be done by the cartoonists, writers and movie directors of Europe while crowned heads spend their energy trying to silence them is an abdication of a government's most basic of purposes--to protect the safety and welfare of its citizens.

From the Brussels Journal:

Nekschot’s work is rude and often sexually explicit. As such it is characteristic for the Dutch liberal mentality and not beyond the limit in the Netherlands. In his cartoons, however, he mocks the multicultural society, and that does seem to be beyond all bounds.

Offending Christian sensibilities is apparently not as critical as offending those of Muslims. Could it be that Dutch authorities do not fear violent reactions from gangs of roaming Catholics and Christian Reformed?

The Dutch authorities are doing nothing more than allowing Muslim extremist activity to bear fruit.

How, exactly, is this supposed to turn out?