I have never before had a reason to be truly ashamed of my country and my people, but I am today.
Not only does it look like an openly racist party will win more than 10% of the seats in the Danish parliament after tonight's general election, but a poll now shows that 40 percent of the Danish population believes that torture is acceptable when interrogating terrorism suspects.
Why do I bring this statistic up when this topic has recently been discussed here (yes, I've been lurking, just not posting)? Well, because only 3 short months ago "only" 14% agreed with this statement. The discussion was brought up when Israel's new ambassador, Carmi Gillon, arrived in Copenhagen. Gillon served as head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence service from 1994-96, during which time, by his own admission, he approved the use of torture against Palestinian suspects.
Looks like the Danes think that the problems of their country and the world in general can be solved by extremism.
I guess that's what happens when people have it so good that they no longer need to think for themselves. May Denmark get the government it deserves! I'm not going back anytime soon.
God bless the world!
[This message has been edited by Klodomir (edited 11-20-2001).]
Not only does it look like an openly racist party will win more than 10% of the seats in the Danish parliament after tonight's general election, but a poll now shows that 40 percent of the Danish population believes that torture is acceptable when interrogating terrorism suspects.
Why do I bring this statistic up when this topic has recently been discussed here (yes, I've been lurking, just not posting)? Well, because only 3 short months ago "only" 14% agreed with this statement. The discussion was brought up when Israel's new ambassador, Carmi Gillon, arrived in Copenhagen. Gillon served as head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence service from 1994-96, during which time, by his own admission, he approved the use of torture against Palestinian suspects.
Looks like the Danes think that the problems of their country and the world in general can be solved by extremism.
I guess that's what happens when people have it so good that they no longer need to think for themselves. May Denmark get the government it deserves! I'm not going back anytime soon.
God bless the world!
[This message has been edited by Klodomir (edited 11-20-2001).]