Post by Moses on Feb 5, 2006 12:10:21 GMT -5
watch.windsofchange.net/02_0923_0929.htm
"I say monger away, baby" (Mark Steyn, National Post, 2002/09/26)
Steyn takes on Eric Tam of Yale University's Department of Political Science who has accused him of spreading "incendiary falsehoods" and called him a "hatemonger": "Mr Skaarup's allegation that "non-Danes" were responsible for three-quarters of the country's rapes has been quoted by the BBC, The New Statesman, The Economist and other notorious hatemongers. ... As it turns out, he was rounding down. He was referring to the statement by the Minister of Justice, Lene Espersen, in the Danish Parliament on March 8th this year. The minister said that 76.5% of convicted rapists were of non-Danish ethnic origin. ... What should the West do about this problem? Well, we could start by acknowledging it. Fact: Almost all Denmark's rape victims are ethnic Danish girls or women. Fact: An ethnic Danish girl is far more likely to be raped by a Muslim than an ethnic Dane. Fact: Immigration means that more Danish women get raped. You can argue about the way to change these stubborn facts - curtail immigration vs increase outreach, cut welfare vs educate immigrant parents - as the People's Party and the Muslim Youth League are doing. These are tenable positions in the debate. But, when you insist someone's a "hatemonger" even for mentioning these awkward demographic trends, you're just trying to shut down the debate..." (See also: "Multiculturalists are the real racists" (Mark Steyn, National Post, 2002/08/20))
"I say monger away, baby" (Mark Steyn, National Post, 2002/09/26)
Steyn takes on Eric Tam of Yale University's Department of Political Science who has accused him of spreading "incendiary falsehoods" and called him a "hatemonger": "Mr Skaarup's allegation that "non-Danes" were responsible for three-quarters of the country's rapes has been quoted by the BBC, The New Statesman, The Economist and other notorious hatemongers. ... As it turns out, he was rounding down. He was referring to the statement by the Minister of Justice, Lene Espersen, in the Danish Parliament on March 8th this year. The minister said that 76.5% of convicted rapists were of non-Danish ethnic origin. ... What should the West do about this problem? Well, we could start by acknowledging it. Fact: Almost all Denmark's rape victims are ethnic Danish girls or women. Fact: An ethnic Danish girl is far more likely to be raped by a Muslim than an ethnic Dane. Fact: Immigration means that more Danish women get raped. You can argue about the way to change these stubborn facts - curtail immigration vs increase outreach, cut welfare vs educate immigrant parents - as the People's Party and the Muslim Youth League are doing. These are tenable positions in the debate. But, when you insist someone's a "hatemonger" even for mentioning these awkward demographic trends, you're just trying to shut down the debate..." (See also: "Multiculturalists are the real racists" (Mark Steyn, National Post, 2002/08/20))