Steyn Goes Sapphic In Denmark!

No, that wasn't the headline of this Danish newspaper article about Mark Steyn's sojourn in Cophagen where on the 9/11 just past he received a well-deserved award for being a champion of free speech. Here's an excerpt from the article's English translation:

One by one the lights go out

Steyn's message in Copenhagen was far from uplifting. Paraphrasing the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Grey's comment on the outbreak of World War 1, Steyn remarked: ”One by one the lights go out in Europe because those who have created the multicultural societies will not defend them."

He went on to say that authors, comedians and everyone else that does not believe in a multicultural utopia are being persecuted and witch-hunted into silence. The Canadian authorities have even tried –in the best totalitarian tradition – to criminalize Mark Steyn's jokes. Even his "tone" has been subjected to legal scrutiny.

A disgrace

Though the title of Steyn's book refers to an America that finds itself increasingly isolated in its defence of Western values, things are far from ideal on the other side of the Atlantic.

Steyn noted that Obama has never criticized honour killings or other outrages taking place in the Muslim world. But if Westerners commit the slightest transgression – as is now the case with the mad priest in Florida who wanted to burn the Koran – he immediately feels called upon to issue an official condemnation. That is a disgrace, said Steyn, who could only express his contempt for Western governments that think Islam should be exempted from criticism.