Thursday, August 11, 2005
Mathias Doepfner on Europe
From the Daily Star (hat tip: Arts and Letters Daily). Mathias Doepfner, CEO of German media group Axel Springer, discusses European appeasement in the context of Iraq and the war on terror:
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Today we are faced with a particularly grotesque form of appeasement. How is Germany reacting to the escalating violence by Islamic fundamentalists in Holland, Britain and elsewhere in Europe? By suggesting - wait for it - that the proper response to such barbarism is to initiate a "Muslim holiday" in Germany.
While we criticize the "capitalistic robber barons" of America because they seem too sure of their priorities, we timidly defend our welfare states. "Stay out of it! It could get expensive," we cry. So, instead of acting to defend our civilization, we prefer to discuss reducing our 35-hour workweek or improving our dental coverage, or extending our four weeks of annual paid vacation. Or perhaps we listen to television pastors preaching about the need to "reach out to terrorists," to understand and forgive.
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