We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren’t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That’s war. And this is war. Ann Coulter “This Is War,” September 2001.
Det var første gang, jeg hørte hendes navn. Der er meget jeg er uenig i, det er ikke pointen her. Hun overholder én journalistisk grundregel: hun keder ikke folk ihjel. Så når jeg er ved at falde i søvn over Berlingske Tidende (unskyld Kastholm og Blüdnikow) eller den samlede svenske verdenspresse, så surfer jeg på You Tube efter hendes seneste knaldperler, så vågner jeg igen. I samtalen, hvor hun karakteriserer New York Times, beskriver hun også et svensk pressespeciale – aldrig at sige hele sandheden om “kontroversielle” historier. Bare et greb i posen fra i dag. Med andre ord, bare en anden måde at lyve på hovedårsagen til at færre og færre gider spilde tid på at læse dem. Nu hvor de har sat internetcensuren i system, kan skrivelystne lige så godt holde helt op. Forleden var Coulter i Canada. Samtalen handler en del om ytringsfrihed og visse jyske og svenske tegnere.Vilks kalder hun dog “hollænder,” måske hun forveksler ham med Cornelis Vreeswijk. Ann Coulter, who cancelled her speech to the University of Ottawa Tuesday night over fears for her safety, says she’s the victim of a hate crime.U of C boosts security for Ann Coulter. (lyden ude af sync.)
“Americans love Canada, one of our presidents, Bill Clinton, served here during the Vietnam – war”
Since arriving in Canada I’ve been accused of thought crimes, threatened with criminal prosecution for speeches I hadn’t yet given, and denounced on the floor of the Parliament (which was nice because that one was on my “bucket list”). Posters advertising my speech have been officially banned, while posters denouncing me are plastered all over the University of Ottawa campus. Elected officials have been prohibited from attending my speeches. Also, the local clothing stores are fresh out of brown shirts. Welcome to Canada! Coulter: Oh, Canada!
Diskriminér!
Det politiske mål bør være at bevare sammenhængskraften. Ikke blot skaber den tilfredshed, men også velstand. De kulturelle traditioner, der skaber tillid, må fastholdes. Det gælder f.eks. den nationale kultur, der bygger på protestantismen.Politisk bør multikulturalismen afvises, for den skaber blot mistillid. Politikerne bør også sortere indvandrerne efter kultur, så man får dem fra højtillidslande og i hvert fald undgår dem fra lavtillidslande i Afrika og Mellemøsten. Støvring: Social kapital giver også økonomisk kapital
Kentucky Fried Halal Chicken
Endnu en vestlig institution vælger mørket (LFPC).
A diner was left furious after a KFC restaurant refused to sell him a bacon burger – because it wasn’t halal. Alan Phillips was told the restaurant was no longer selling his favourite ‘Big Daddy’ burger, which contains a chicken burger with bacon, cheese and salad, because it had decided to sell only halal food. The Burton-on-Trent branch is one of the 86 out of 750 British KFC restaurants which is now selling nothing other than halal meat. […]
KFC spokeswoman Nina Arnott said the halal trial was expected to last ‘a few months’. She said: ‘We’ve responded to requests to provide halal food in some parts of the UK and the Middleway Park restaurant in Burton is one of the restaurants taking part in our trial. […] ‘We’re sorry Mr Phillips feels disappointed but we’d recommend he visits our nearest non-halal restaurant, at the Derby Xtra services five miles away, if he wants to get his hands on a Big Daddy burger.’ KFC diner told ‘you can’t have bacon in your burger here – we’re now halal’
Elizabeth Cotten (1895-1987)
Klassisk Americana fra starten af forrige århundrede er et stort, stort område at udforske, når man som jeg for alvor får ørerne op for dets rigdom. For et års tid siden nævnte jeg her The Carter Family, som i den grad har været en overvældende oplevelse at stifte bekendtskab med. Navnet Elizabeth Cotten har jeg ikke bidt mærke i før for et par timer siden, da en amerikansk radiostation spillede denne sang:
Hør også Shake Sugaree, her i en version sunget af hendes da 14-årige barnebarn eller i denne version med Bob Dylan. Freight Train kender alle vist – jeg vidste bare ikke det var hendes sang. Den skrev hun som 12-årig (LFPC).





Af Kasper Støvring

