October 03, 2004
SCANDINAVIA UBER ALLES
Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, & Anni-frid
Sweden: Essentially Nazi collaborators in WWII
Number of top 10 ABBA singles in Germany: 18
What does it mean? I DON'T KNOW
Vdare.com: Jared Taylor on how hate crime laws have led to the end of free speech in utopian Sweden - at least for Swedes.
Pentecostal preacher sentenced to PRISON for preaching against homosexuality in a SERMON, citing Biblical injunctions. Q: How many imams have been sentenced to prison in Sweden for hate speech?
Article suggests that similar draconian restrictions in France - most notably affecting Brigitte Bardot, France's answer to Oriana Fallaci - are one reason behind French reticence to express support for Iraq War. (Via Gene Expression: The Slippery Slope is Real)
Bawer: Excepting UK, "no Western European nation approaches America's journalistic diversity": "Most Norwegians are so accustomed to being presented with only 1 position on certain issues that they don't even realize there exists an intelligent alternative position."
See Also Robert Spencer The Mullahs' Europe, ABBA - the Site.
UPDATE: Sweden as bad as Taliban! Via Don Luskin
Posted by Jeff at October 3, 2004 01:00 PMResponding to gang-rapes of Swedish women by Muslim immigrants, a man was sentenced to 2 months in prison for writing "I don't think I am alone in feeling sick when reading about how Swedish girls are raped by immigrant hordes."
A man emailed public officials that he opposed housing subsidies for Arabs because he thought they were criminals. Avoided prison by paying fine of 10% of his pre-tax income.
Swedish man-hater Joanna Rytel wrote piece for major daily: "I Will Never Give Birth to a White Man," extolling hatred of white men. When Neo-Nazi group played tit-for-tat & contacted authorities, they were in for surprise.Public prosecutor: "The purpose behind the law against incitement of ethnic hatred was to ensure legal protection for minority groups of different compositions & different religions. Cases where people express themselves in a derogatory way about men of ethnic Swedish background were not intended to be included in this law."
In Norway, Jewish teacher prohibited from wearing Star of David under his shirt, because it might offend Muslims, who are allowed to wear hijab to school.
Also Bruce Bawer's Hating America, on living in the socialist utopia of Norway, where a TV station was censured for violating "media balance" guidelines after running an Oprah show featuring debate on Iraq War. Social-democratic govt subsidizes several major newspapers, runs 2 of 3 TV channels, & most of radio. Norwegian PM: journalistic diversity "too important to be left up to the marketplace". (Cf. Castro, Stalin, Hitler)
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