The Fire Ragesby Mark Steyn • Jan 8, 2015 at 12:27 am http://www.steynonline.com/6740/the-fire-rages
In 2008, when the Canadian Islamic Congress attempted to criminalize my writing, we heard a lot of the usual hooey (courtesy of that eugenicist crackpot Oliver Wendell Holmes) that there was no right to shout fire in a crowded theatre. On the very last day of the trial in Vancouver, my old friend Julian Porter, QC summed up thus:
The satirists of Charlie Hebdo thought there was a fire, and therefore considered they had a duty to cry fire. And they were right: There is a fire - in the expanding no-go areas of les banlieues, in the routine Jew-hate on the streets of Paris and Toulouse and other French cities, in the ranks of "mentally ill" "lone wolves" yelling "Allahu Akbar!" while mowing down pedestrians and stabbing policemen... So they cried fire and were killed. And because they were rewarded for their honesty and bravery with death, more craven types in the politico-media class will find it easier to opt for cowardice and dishonesty. And so the fire will rage on, until it consumes us all. I discussed some of that with Megyn Kelly on Fox News. You can see the interview here. As Breitbart News noted, I was not impressed by the so-called solidarity with the dead:
Here's how The Daily Caller reported my appearance:
Indeed I did:
Newsmax reported my contempt for President Obama's contribution to this civilizational struggle:
You can see my interview with Megyn here. My initial reaction to the slaughter is here. On Thursday, I'll have more to say on the matter, with Hugh Hewitt on the radio and Sean Hannity on TV. UPDATE: The fire rages on:
Meanwhile, the she-shouldn't-have-worn-such-a-short-skirt narrative grows. And, of course, it wouldn't be an Islamic atrocity without the instant Muslims-fear-backlash palate-cleanser. From The New York Times:
Thank goodness for the Times. Otherwise, you might have thought these "anti-immigrant attitudes" might have been "propelled" by fellows killing people while yelling "Allahu Akbar!" The weepy passive candlelight vigils - the maudlin faux tears and the Smug Moral Preening overdose - aren't enough. If you don't want to put out the fire, it will burn your world to the ground. © 2015 Mark Steyn Enterprises (US) Inc. All rights reserved. Got a comment on a column? Drop a line to Mark's Mailbox. receive the latest by email: subscribe to steynonline's free weekly mailing list |
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