Another attack. In the Netherlands, the heat is on...
My last posting about this brewing battle was intentionally over the top (hoping to spark debate that never came. sigh). There I argued that sometimes fighting against violence is the best means to protect a liberal society.
Is there a limit to how far tolerance can go before it erodes into nothingness? I have a strong suspicision that people who immediately criticized the bombing of the muslim school in the Netherlands are correct in generally repudiating violence to solve problems. Yet, I have a nagging voice in my head that wonders if that feeling is not somehow masking a cowardice to act that comes from too many years of peace -- an inability to face the difficult choices ahead.
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