Thursday, March 22, 2007

Barosso comes out on the side of freedom

"I was 18 years old when a democratic revolution came to my country [Portugal]. Before we could not read the books or listen to the music we wanted. I am radical on these matters. If there is an excess of freedom, it is better to have excess than less."

Europe's citizens must be on their guard against political correctness and moralising politicians, says the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.

The former Portuguese premier and centre-Right politician is concerned that freedom can be the loser in European culture wars over climate change, cheap air travel, Islam and free speech.

"We should be aware of people who, sometimes for good reasons, try to establish what I call private moral codes, for this or that, be it climate change, religious behaviour or any kind of social behaviour," he says. 'Political correctness is killing our freedoms' by Bruno Waterfield

Mark Alexander

4 comments:

Mark said...

Force is not needed when fear will suffice.

Exactly. But he also seems to miss one other point, and that is this: The wearing of the veil has become a political statement. It is being worn out of defiance.

Mark said...

Oh, and out of a feeling of superiority!

mirrorman said...

That's certainly true, Mark.
It's all just a waiting game for them.
Things will perhaps change when they hopefully overstep the mark, as they most likely will.
Then perhaps their "superiority" will disappear when the protection they enjoy from the human-rights brigades evaporates.
Overconfidence is a great weakness, it did for Hitler.
Then expect to see the "Palestinian maneuver" you know, oh, how we are oppressed so.

Mark said...

Mirrorman:

Things will perhaps change when they hopefully overstep the mark, as they most likely will.

The Iranians are coming close to overstepping the mark right now with their hostage-taking trick.