Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* the recent attack on cartoonist Kurt Westergaard in his home throws a new spotlight on Denmark's already-restrictive restrictive immigration policies. Switch some of the proper nouns around to USA-centered ones and you can maybe better see the kind of tough decision-making being bandied about. I disagree with the opening statement that the attack seemed inevitable; even Westergaard thought we were past that exact kind of thing.

* I know that some bloggers including Andrew Sullivan reprinted the cartoons right after the attack; I guess only high-profile European paper had the same kind of response, which was criticized in the expected corners.

* I don't agree at all with this article's thesis of increased militarism as some sort of dire, conspiracy-led goal here -- I think political operatives supporting an upswing in militarism are fairly open about it -- but the comparison between the failures in intelligence with the Westergaard attacker and the underpants bomber are kind of interesting.

* this polling data contains information on the too close to call, forthcoming elections in Denmark. You can guess what massive series of issues gets a personal call-out.
 
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