Netherlands Continues to Erupt Over Nazi Comparison
The brouhaha between the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Italy's Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Carlo Giovanardi, continues to boil. Giovanardi, readers of Secondhand Smoke will recall, recently compared Dutch infant euthanasia to German infant euthanasia during WWII. That got Jan Peter Balkenende, the Dutch PM boiling, and the dispute has not cooled down yet. But Balkenende should instead reflect on the moral cliff off of which the Netherlands has jumped. While I believe Giovarnardi was not wise to use the Nazi analogy, and it certainly isn't exact (the Dutch aren't Nazis nor do their human rights violations compare with crimes of the Third Reich), there is a certain level of legitimate comparison that can be made.
Barring the unforeseen, I will have a detailed analysis about this matter published early next week. Stay tuned.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 10:58 AM
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7 Comments:
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If these people were half as angry about what has happened to their society as a comment from some italian guy, they might do something about it.
They and France are the great poster chidren for the failure of European Civiliztion.
Maybe the better phrase the Italian official should have used was that saying of the great Nazi hunter who said after WWII and Holocost (his name excapes me at the moment): "Hitler Won".
He did not survive, but his way of thinking and acting has, it just wears red instead of a swastika.
Yes, in Europe, what is said counts more than what is done, it seems.
Yes, in Europe, what is said counts more than what is done, it seems.
The "Philbert Suggs" site is a parody blog, Wesley -- he's just trying to publicize it & doesn't care at all about the issues you discuss. I'd recommend deleting the message.
I kinda thought something was off by the picture. But it wasn't offensive. Hey, maybe he was sincere! Maybe Seconhand Smoke has changed his life!
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