Go take the camel...

[Kissaki]

Originally Posted by Abraham

Go figure this:
1. Backward 'progressives', who still can't let go the multi-culti-soci-fairy, called the passengers "stupid" for thinking that these people would commit a terrorist act, being so obviously dressed as devote Muslims... the lesson apparently being to consider anybody with Arab features a threat.

Well, this is demonstrably the case.

2. The lawyers of the two innocent Muslims are considering a legal claim for damages against the Dutch Railroad and/or the Dutch police...

Perfectly understandable. If you were arrested and carried off in full public view for doing nothing wrong, wouldn't you feel a bit miffed?

3. The lawyers of the Dutch Railroad are not considering a legal claim for damages against the two Muslims... which would really be the long term solution for the problem: they are obviously in Holland because they prefer the better living to their own country, so let them pay for the damages that introducing their own country's habits caused the Dutch society.

Beg your pardon? So foreign customs are illegal, now? I've said it before, and I'll say it again: a society that refuses to open up to outside influences will stagnate. Personally, I like such things as sugar, spices, acupuncture, chess, tea, garlic, coca cola and Chinese food. I'd mention coffee, but I'm not a coffee drinker. But anyway, none of them are good old, traditional Norwegian elements. And all of them have made a significant impact on our culture and heritage. What's Christmas without a Christmas tree and rice porridge? What would any country look like if we didn't embrace new things?

In any case, what sort of precedence would you be setting by persecuting innocent people? What you are suggesting is nothing short of martial law for a certain segment of the population, namely the Muslims. I'd be very interested in seeing how you would present that case, when the two Muslims had done nothing wrong.