European Politics Gets Nasty? -

European Politics Gets Nasty? - Pim Fortuyn was to the Netherlands what Pat Buchanan is to the US. He was a conservative rabble-rouser who ran for the prime ministership in the Netherlands.

He was shot dead today outside the Dutch national radio station at Hilversum.

I"ve been following the increasing vituperation of the European left in the face of resurgent national-sovereignty movements in many countries - Italy, Hungary, France, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary and more. If this killing is politically motivated, it'll ratchet things up even more.

Fortuyn was, in particular, a lightning rod for left-wing fascists. A few weeks ago, he was hit in the face by a number of cream pies laced with urine. His supporters are very upset.

Two points:

• Europeans had best not be yapping about how much better and more civil their system is than ours.

• It's time to start watching left-wing terrorism, here and abroad.
  

More - much more - later.

The State Is Your Mommy alert - A national ID card creeps closer to reality. The rationale? Terrorism, of course.

This is scary.

Posted by Mitch at May 6, 2002 07:27 PM