I didn't agree with every last claim made in Bruce Bawer's book about the Islamist threat in Europe (my review is here) but to argue that it's somehow racist is just silly.
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A point, sir critic. If you think, as I do, that the development of our modern world followed the sequence N. Italy, netherlands, Britain, then the Netherlands is a good candidate for a "heart".
Posted by: dearieme | Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 08:07 PM
Bawer's argument is cultural, not racist.
But labeling him a racist is the easiest way to shut him up.
Posted by: Tara | Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 08:41 PM
I thought it was a great column.
Clive Davis: Taking morons on both sides of the Atlantic to school.
Posted by: mikek | Monday, February 12, 2007 at 07:05 AM