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February 9, 2006
US: Guarding Against the Unguardable
Michelle Malkin has a round-up of Cartoon Jihad stories, but I want to concentrate in one from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in fact, I'll just comment on a small quote from this story: Showing of Danish flag roils town
As militant Muslims from Indonesia to the West Bank torched and trampled the Danish flag this past week to protest political cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, Stoughton's Town Manager Mark Stankiewicz grew increasingly upset.So in a small act of solidarity with Denmark and of support for free speech, Stankiewicz bought two Danish flags on Monday and raised one of the red-and-white banners outside the Town Hall that morning, flying it on the pole beneath the US flag.
The symbolic gesture was short-lived, as Stankiewicz lowered the flag the next afternoon after a local veteran complained that it was improper to fly the flags of two countries on one pole. He declined to release the name of the veteran.
But many people in town saw the foreign flag display as insensitive and inflammatory. Several town employees told Stankiewicz they did not agree with his decision and worried the flag could provoke violence against Town Hall in light of the attacks against Danish and other European embassies throughout the Middle East. Stankiewicz described their concerns as an "overreaction."
(Commentary: Duh!)
The Stoughton No Place for Hate Committee, a local antidiscrimination group, plans to discuss the episode at its meeting tonight because of fears that residents might be hurt or insulted.'There's always that chance that there will be people who are offended, and we want to guard against that," said Karon Skinner-Catrone, chairperson of the 10-person group, some of whom are town officials.
Does Ms. Skinner-Catrone realizes how stupifyingly moronic that comment is? It is impossible to guard against the chance 'somebody' will be offended. By golly, I'm offended by her comments, so, that's it, she was unable to prevent me from becoming offended. This is the kind of wobbly, immoral and dangerous attitude that prevents us from implementing an effective defense of our civilization. Muslim sensitivities be dammed: I'm supporting Denmark.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at February 9, 2006 2:29 PM
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