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2007-10-23 Europe

Intellectuals demand "Make Hirsi Ali honorary French citizen"

A group of French intellectuals are demanding that Ayaan Hirsi Ali be given honorary French citizenship and that France provide the former politician with the protection that the Netherlands no longer wants to provide now that she lives in the US.

In a petition in the newspaper Libération the intellectuals express annoyance at the "unacceptable cowardice of a European government." The petition is signed by among others philosophers Bernard-Henri Lévy, Alain Finkielkraut and André Glucksmann. "Europe was the cradle of the Enlightenment tradition," says the declaration, "and Western values must guarantee freedom of expression."

Posted by ryuge 2007-10-23 06:50|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Interesting. The Dutch do not like being chided by their neighbors. It makes them feel they must do something to fix the problem.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-23 09:48|| 2007-10-23 09:48|| Front Page Top

#2 It would be a step up for France.

Posted by Mike 2007-10-23 11:14|| 2007-10-23 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 To expedite this, tell her to kill a cop. Preferably an American one.
She'll be in like Flynn...

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-23 11:25|| 2007-10-23 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 In a petition in the newspaper Libération the intellectuals express annoyance at the "unacceptable cowardice of a European government."

It's even funnier coming from three Frenchmen!

Posted by Raj 2007-10-23 11:52|| 2007-10-23 11:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Now we already knew some French weren't all bad. Dissident Frogman is on our side, and I'm sure there are others as well.

Of course, given how much of our own population are spineless drones of the Demonrat party, we've got our own problems.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2007-10-23 12:55|| 2007-10-23 12:55|| Front Page Top

#6 No surprise, they are the Three Non-Stooges of France's public intelligentsia. The rest of Sartre's heirs would no doubt love to see Ali die screaming with sharp things in her head.

Posted by E. Brown 2007-10-23 13:28|| saturninretrograde.blogspot.com]">[saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2007-10-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 "It's even funnier coming from three Frenchmen!"

How long before its noted that none of them have "French" last names?

Sigh.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-10-23 16:21|| 2007-10-23 16:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Why, you're right, Liberalhawk. They look like Joooos. But they're point about the "unacceptable cowardice of a European government" is nonetheless right on.

Posted by Abu Uluque6305 2007-10-23 17:26|| 2007-10-23 17:26|| Front Page Top

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