Earlier this week Geert Wilders was denied access to England where he was invited to speak before the UK House of Lords. He was preparing to give a speech after the viewing of a sixteen minute documentary on radical Islam. The movie is called Fitna and can be found here. (Please be advised that it is graphic and is not for weaker stomachs.)
Wilders was arrested on the tarmac in Heathrow airport and immediately returned to the Netherlands. The UK had this to say of the documentary “[it contains] extreme anti-Muslim hate and we have very clear laws in this country.”
If you did not watch Fitna it contains quotes from the Quran, speeches from Muslim leaders, pictures from protests, videos of terrorist attacks and pictures of victims. It attempts to visibly show the clear link between radical Islam and terror. Now, as is the case here, some people are doing everything in their power to bury their heads in the sand in order to ignore this link. The actions by the UK government are a deliberate attempt to silence the debate on this issue. Please keep in mind this is the same government that allowed Ibrahim Moussawi, the spokesman for the terrorist group Hezbollah to speak before them. This is how an extremely liberal government shows its “tolerance.” By silencing the free speech of one side and giving a bull horn to the other.
How can no one see the insane hypocrisy here?
If they can see it, why aren’t they outraged by it?
What a joke. What a perverse, sick, disgusting joke. When a society is ready to classify the truth as a hate crime, it is ready to die.
The would be Wilders speech can be found here. I strongly urge you to read the whole thing.
One quote,
“Ladies and gentlemen, the dearest of our many freedoms is under attack. In Europe, freedom of speech is no longer a given. What we once considered a natural component of our existence is now something we again have to fight for. That is what is at stake. Whether or not I end up in jail is not the most pressing issue. The question is: Will free speech be put behind bars? We have to defend freedom of speech.”
I am saddened to say that the moment the UK banned Wilders from speaking was the exact moment free speech died in Britain.
I pray that there are some left in Britain who agree with Wilders when he said,
“We will never apologize for being free. We will never give in. We will never surrender. Freedom must prevail, and freedom will prevail.”
I pray that Liberty did not breath its last breath in Britain this week. I pray that I’ll never say the same about America.
