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Written by Alex Williams
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
Europeans have been given a strong lesson in democracy this week – by a
group of Burmese monks, who in their hundreds marched on the revered
Shwedagon Pagoda temple in the third consecutive day of protests
against the military government of Burma. Staring a brutal record of
subjugation and assault in the face, these fearless spiritual warriors
made a stand for global freedom.
Meanwhile, in Brussels – the throbbing heart of European
'democracy' – a protest against the creeping growth of Islamic
fundamentalism in Europe has been banned for fear that it might incite
violent reprisals from extremist groups. It would appear that for city
officials in Brussels, freedom of speech has become less valuable than
the placating of Sharia fundamentalists.
While a brave group of religious elders is seeking to advance the
cause of liberty under one of the darkest regimes on earth, certain
European politicians are treading the old path of appeasement at the
cost of our freedom of expression. In the words of Ronald Reagan
"freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction", and it
would seem that the time has come for all Europeans who value liberty
to reaffirm its place in western civilization, as we watch in awe the
courageous few who seek to establish it against hostile resistance
abroad.
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