Demos' chilling uncertainty
There's a post at Harry's Place by a rep from Demos. It's very revealing. The writer clearly thinks he is being persuasive, but it's actually chilling. Here's his last paragraph:
We need to take the values we, and so many Muslims and non-Muslims, share as liberals and wage a battle against those values that make us deeply uncomfortable. If ours are as resilient as we hold them to be, then they will prevail.
Does he doubt they are? I'm not surprised, since Demos itself is happy to work in tandem with genocidal theocrats.
The writer seems utterly ignorant of the scale of the threat. Or is he simply ambivalent about khillafa dhimmi?
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Paul Moloney
July 16th, 2008 8:37pmIf you liked that, you'll love the followup from the directory of Demos;
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/07/16/catherine-fieschi-director-of-demos-responds-to-nick-cohen-sort-of/
Pretty cringe-making.
Lee Jakeman
July 17th, 2008 1:08amStephen - I just discovered, from reading the Jerusalem Post, that you are the chairman of a new think tank - the EISCA (European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism). Best of luck with this, mate. Although not a Jew, it is an issue close to my heart - and I agree that it is rather pathetic that such an organisation is necessary in modern Europe.
Water
July 17th, 2008 10:42amJust looked at the site for EISCA, the images of the graves grabs you instantly.
Ali
July 18th, 2008 2:52pmUnforutnately we need think-tanks and centres to fight not only anti-semitism, but also Islamophobi, anti-liberalism, anti-democractic forces. The ongoing war worldwide is between the 'camp of life' and the 'camp of death'. To the latter belong Iran, Israel, Syria, America, North Korea, Venezuela, Hamas, and Hizbolla. Anyone trying to deny the qualification of their country or party to the above is either in denial or is in the same camp o the death.
Demos however is right to not to shy away from going into where others don't dare to, everyday democracy does require engagement with everyone especially those whom we don't agree with.