An Historic Meeting

Most of you are probably aware by now that Oskar Freysinger and Geert Wilders met in The Hague. You can view their ten-minute video several places. Here is the link to YouTube.

The first three minutes and twenty seconds are in French. Freysinger explains that the two men were supposed to meet in Switzerland, but there was a peaceful protest by Muslim activists and the Swiss President complied with their demands. So, as he says of Wilders, "since he could not go to the mountain, the mountain has come to him." Here is a rough idea of what he said:

Canceling the meeting violated the Swiss principle of freedom of speech. But it also proves that nothing can prevent us from meeting and sharing our views on the liberticide doctrine of Islam. What our authorities are saying more and more can be summarized in this phrase: "Keep your mouth shut. Everybody will be better off." Threats and violence triumph, the rule of law can no longer defend basic principles, the situation looks more and more like the Weimar Republic. Must History repeat itself? Because of the cowardice and hypocrisy of our leaders are we helping to create a new totalitarianism?

If I agreed to appear beside this man who is being prosecuted for the crime of telling the truth and condemned to death by the Muslims who sully him, it is to correct the blurred image of him spread by the media. I have never heard him speak against Muslims as men, but against the dogma of which Muslims themselves are the prime victims. He is concerned about the Netherlands being taken hostage by an ideology that, little by little, undermines the Enlightenment and the rule of law. And he condemns acts of violence against women, Jews, homosexuals and Muslims who have converted to another religion or who choose to remain secular. His concerns are also mine. Not to respond to these wayward acts is to make a show of cowardice and hypocrisy and to invite barbarity once again to settle in Europe.

He closes with a condemnation of the EU whose days, he feels are numbered:

To replace this outdated bureaucratic anti-democratic system, I propose a Europe composed of free and sovereign nations built from the foundations by responsible citizens. In this type of Europe, the citizens are directly involved in the management of the republic and in democracy as well.

The English part of the video begins at 3'20".