"Getting along" with intolerant fanatics is failing miserably in much of Europe. You can not get along with people as intolerant as these.
They want their way or no other way. It is intolerance of the first degree.
They are willing to intimidate societies and so far they are winning in Europe.
Why? Because Europeans are not fighting back. They are either scared or their leaders are weak.
Check out Appeasement at the Opera: Mozart falls victim to fear of Muslim rage BY ROGER KIMBALL:
"There is a certain irony in all this. Our avant-gardist artistic establishment preens itself on being "transgressive," "challenging," "provocative," etc.Back to the opera. As a rule, I don't like attacks on religion, whether it's my Catholic Church or anything else. Religious leaders and symbols should be respected. However, I am not going to blow up an opera house because they run a show mocking The Virgin Mary. I will show my displeasure by posting on my blog or punishing the advertisers.
But it prefers to exercise its anti-bourgeois animus within the coddled purlieus of bourgeois security.
It has discovered that there is a big difference between exhibiting photographs of Christ on the cross in a bottle of urine or Madonna having herself "crucified" on her current concert tour and poking fun at Muhammad.
The former earns you the delicious obloquy of the Catholic establishment while shoring up your credentials as a brave artistic and moral pioneer.
The latter sends murderous hordes into the streets looking for something, or someone, to destroy."
Also, some people need to understand that "satire" is part of living in an open society. I don't like every form of "satire" but I accept it as a part of living in a free society.
Yet, they canceled the opera in Germany because certain people made a big stink about the show!
What will Europe cancel next?
The Sound of Music? Because women play guitars, show their ankles and make decisions?
