Flashermac Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 THE HAGUE - Geert Wildersâ??s bleached-blond hair goes to the root of his character. For more than two decades, Mr. Wilders, the controversial anti-Islam member of the Dutch Parliament, has dyed his hair a provocative â?? some say extreme â?? platinum blond. The color makes him stand out in a crowd, not terribly practical for someone facing periodic death threats from Muslim extremists. But Mr. Wilders has built a career â?? and a new political party â?? on a risky and defiant outlandishness that encompasses everything from his hairstyle to his anti-Islamic rhetoric. Days away from releasing a much-anticipated film critical of the Koran, Mr. Wilders recalled in an interview the advice he received years ago from political leaders about how to get ahead. â??First, you have to moderate your voice about Islam,â? he remembered their telling him. â??Second, change your stupid hair.â? He has refused to do either. â??If people push me, I do exactly the opposite,â? he said. Mr. Wilders, 44, is in the news here these days for a 10-to-15-minute film he says he has made depicting the Koran as the inspiration for terrorist attacks and other violence. Having failed to persuade a single Dutch television network to broadcast the film in its entirety, he said he planned to release it on the Internet by the end of this month. He routinely equates the Koran with Hitlerâ??s â??Mein Kampf,â? saying it should be banned in the Netherlands, and he declared in an interview that the Prophet Muhammad could be compared to the German dictator. â??In his Medina time, if he would be alive today, Muhammad would be treated as a war criminal, being sent out of the country, being sent to jail,â? he said. Moderate Dutch Muslim leaders like Mohamed Rabbae, chairman of the Dutch Moroccan Council, are exasperated by Mr. Wildersâ??s standpoint on Islam and its prophet. â??Wilders is a little bit crazy, if I may say it in this way, because he is fighting against somebody who was living in the seventh century, not in our time,â? Mr. Rabbae said. Virtually no one knows exactly what is in Mr. Wildersâ??s film; even the Netherlandsâ?? worried prime minister has not been granted a screening. But the simple fact that Mr. Wilders is its muse makes people here and in parts of the Islamic world nervous. Mr. Wilders said he made the film to show that â??Islam and the Koran are part of a fascist ideology that wants to kill everything we stand for in a modern Western democracy.â? Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Should be interesting, wonder how long he'll be alive for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Well, I've been eagerly awaiting the release of this film, cos no doubt, I'll have to lock myself in the basement for a few days while thousands of people who haven't even seen the thing set fire to buildings and assault/kill foreigners. This guy is doing this for 1 reason; his party's support is at an all time low. The last time they fared well in the polls was just after the Danish cartoon riots. What this guy is doing is highly immoral, not because he's criticizing Islam, I believe in his right to do so, but because he's putting my life and the lives of countless others in danger for his own benefit. Asshole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueyam Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 [Crap removed - KS] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 This guy is doing this for 1 reason; his party's support is at an all time low. The last time they fared well in the polls was just after the Danish cartoon riots. Although I agree with your assesment that Geert Wilders is an asshole who readily cashes in on an irrational fear for islam, support for his party is most definitely not at an alltime low. The underlying graph shows his support is up and has always been up since the last elections. The brown line shows the support for his party. He entered parliament for the first time in november 2006 with 9 seats, and has steadily gained support since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Hi, Rogueyam, I am getting really fed up with your crap and personal attacks. I'd better not see them again. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueyam Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Hi, Rogueyam, I am getting really fed up with your crap and personal attacks. I'd better not see them again. Sanuk! Your board, your rules. Question: Is it ok for me to call the leftists "fascists"? They've called me that repeatedly with no objection from you. Is there one set of rules for all or do the rules change depending on how much one hates America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Thanks for clarifying, Soongmak, though i recall reading somewhere that he had a spike in support after the cartoon thing and that since then polls showed that his party's support had dropped somewhat, and hadn't returned to the levels immediately after the Danish cartoon controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 <> Dont give us all that you thrive on all that danger, the intrepid (in)fidel down with the mullahs in pakistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Just because he's [color:green]Irish[/color] doesn't [color:orange]necessarily[/color] mean he's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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