A culture like Europe's is at risk any way you look at it.

Submitted by GWK (United States), Jan 15, 2009 at 12:21

A culture, like Europe's has been developed over the long haul. While creation of the EU was a pretty natural attempt to unify Europe's central and common Western social democratic values across borders to build a more economically competitive and culturally unified Europe, two factors reflect a threat to Western Civilization of unprecedented proportions: (1) the demographic shift in Europe where 2 virtually childless generations will eventually shrink in influence as non-moderate muslim ascend; and (2) the inability of Europe's culture to embrace other cultures that are strongly at odds with its social democratic values.

Like a frog sitting in a pot of cool water atop a freshly lighted stove, the temperature will not rise dramatically enough to immediately propel the frog into reacting. Is Europe, like the figurative frog, may be cooked long before it realizes it has no time left to react?

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