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Submitted by mariana (United States), Jun 5, 2007 at 14:02

Hey King: Do you really think banning Mein Kampf is a great idea [I'm stunned to hear that the Netherlands is banning books!]? or banning this idiotic Twit who ran for office advocating the Burka? Have we not yet learned that History repeats itself?

These people and ideas need exposure to the light of day, so they can be answered and debunked with reason and articulate criticism, point by point. [How on earth does someone run for office who cannot possibly be identified by the electorate by sight or voice? Have you taken to voting for "X" abstract concepts, and not human, citizen representatives? Have you no election laws?]

Books like Mein Kampf should be addressed in High Schools, with directed discussion and end results chronicled by good teachers, so that inexperienced young people understand that much of the time, racist, bigoted lunatics mean what they say, should be taken seriously and not just ignored or laughed off as wing-nuts. The lessons of WW II, amazingly, have obviously been lost in Europe, as I see rampant anti-Semitism, Holocaust Denial, burning Synagogues, assaults on Jews, and anti-Israel libels and propaganda as apparently acceptable ways of life and expression in Eurabia.

From the sound of the disgraceful nonsense coming out of Europe, one would have thought Herr Hitler had won.

mariana

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Insh-allah! Abrazi didn't win! [15 words]M.D'SouzaMay 29, 2007 10:3495115
Ayaan Hirsi Ali left in the nick of time [99 words]David W. LincolnMay 28, 2007 23:2995081
Thank God [66 words]Ben SmithMay 28, 2007 20:5195072
Dutch are digging their own grave. [80 words]KingMay 28, 2007 18:5795060
Banning Books and Banning [219 words]marianaJun 5, 2007 14:0295060
You will be surprised!! [250 words]KingJun 5, 2007 19:0495060
It's All Gone Too Far; Time, Perhaps, To Cut-Loose Some Chronic Loosers! [1024 words]marianaJun 6, 2007 22:2795060
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The West's First Niquab Covered Public Official? [20 words]BarbaraMay 28, 2007 14:4395029
C'est à rire [8 words]Brian HMay 28, 2007 09:5195008

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