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What is Ole and DWB really talking about, I wonder.
Is it that many European countries have botched the immigration process by not insuring there is adequate education, services, language training and cultural acclimation in general?
Or is it that European Moslems are politically organized and "threatening" to import fundamentalist cultural practices?
Or is it the religion in general that they find offensive.
The first would suggest developing some sort of perspective and joining the dots, so that's out. As for the third, Ole praises the "Abrahamic" religions to the point where he seems to overlook any similar behaviour such as sectarian violence, fundamentalism, child abuse, gender inequality, or the fact that it was a relatively short time ago in history that "we" acted in exactly the same way...
The second seems closest, although you've expressed it too clearly. Clearly Ole feels threatened and offended by Islamic values, and no doubt wishes to silence their voices in the name of "democracy", but as he appears to lack any self-awareness he expresses it as if they are the ones who are attacking his values rather than vice-versa.
In fact there seems to be a lot of what psychoanalysts call "transference phenomenon" going on in DWB, where members mistakenly ascribe their own disturbing thoughts and emotions to the other.
A true understanding of Karma would suggest that if there is a disturbing emotion present in any relationship, then blaming the other is a failure to take responsibility.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/01/2011 12:33PM by suenam.