Comments on: Letter From Denmark

By: Richard Landes

Richard Landes — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:08:04 +0000

i find the Burcharth's remark about having no regrets interesting. Whatever the rewrites and the circumstances, he seems to feel that innacuracies in the service of (his) truth are permissible, if not desirable. What's so amazing is that the "greater cause" he serves is that of (unfairly) trashing his own people. This reflects a characteristic progressive pathology of self-criticism that gives us Masochistic Omnipotence Syndrome (MOS): it's all our fault and if only we could do better then everything would be alright.

By: alison

alison — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:44:56 +0000

My perception of Denmark has not changed. I love the history of this country, and the kindness the Danes have shown diverse people while others in this world did not do so. Exemplary liberal values IMO and these “cartoon wars” do nothing to demonstrate otherwise.

By: Finn

Finn — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:31:56 +0000

Andrea, Denmark is a liberal country and there are 120 Muslim cemeteries in Denmark, some of which are already all-Muslim, e.g. one in the city of Odense.
There are of course hundreds of Christian cemeteries, since until 20 years ago around 95% of all Danes belonged to the Protestant church. This percentage has now dropped considerably, partly because of immigration.
There is a growing trend amongst Danes to be cremated instead of buried.

A few very religious Muslims prefer to be buried in “holy” ground in their country of origin, just like a few orthodox Jews prefer to be buried in Israel. Their choice.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:20:57 +0000

Paul, I hope you don’t mind but a friend of mine may be in touch with you sometime soon… Not in a sinister sense! You may both be able to find some kind of sense out of this mayhem…

By: Bren Carlill

Bren Carlill — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:37:14 +0000

The thing that shits me to tears about this cartoon thing is not the hypocrisy of Muslim protesters who raise not an eyebrow at vicious anti-Semitic imagery in the various Arab and Muslim media, but that of the Western bleeding heart liberals who have jumped on board this and other opportunities to bash the liberal democratic West and absolutely refuse to apply the same standards for all people – thus making themselves racists.

And that was a bloody long sentence. Apologies.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:18:59 +0000

I understand that the desecration happened in a Muslim section of a larger cemetery. There appears to be a movement to establish a first all-Muslim cemetery there. My question is are there any such cemeteries for other religions in Denmark? — a Jewish cemetery? — a Christian cemetery?