As usual, IANAL warning.

I found the press release issued by the European Court of Human Rights and it makes for an interesting reading. Let me quote from it:

The applicant, E.S., is an Austrian national who was born in 1971 and lives in Vienna (Austria).
In October and November 2009, Mrs S. held two seminars entitled “Basic Information on Islam”, in which she discussed the marriage between the Prophet Muhammad and a six-year old girl, Aisha, which allegedly was consummated when she was nine. Inter alia, the applicant stated that Muhammad “liked to do it with children” and “… A 56-year-old and a six-year-old? … What do we call it, if it is not paedophilia?”.
On 15 February 2011 the Vienna Regional Criminal Court found that these statements implied that Muhammad had had paedophilic tendencies, and convicted Mrs S. for disparaging religious doctrines. She was ordered to pay a fine of 480 euros and the costs of the proceedings. Mrs S. appealed but the Vienna Court of Appeal upheld the decision in December 2011, confirming in
essence the lower court’s findings.

OK, so I see why theses statements may be insulting to a Muslim (accuracy is for another day’s discussion), but I detect a bit of a problem: If disparaging religious doctrines is a crime in Europe, how come we never hear about Muslims crapping on Christianity or Judaism being fined? They give you the answer further down the press release.

The Court found in conclusion that in the instant case the domestic courts carefully balanced the applicant’s right to freedom of expression with the rights of others to have their religious feelings protected, and to have religious peace preserved in Austrian society

Feelings are to be protected? It is an impossible task to do so as we well know that we are living in a society of the perpetually insulted and triggered. But the truly scary part is where it says “to have religious peace preserved.”

They are scared of Muslim riots and violence. European courts have officially surrendered the rights of the people to the threat of violence from a group. It is easier and cheaper to fine your ass and shut you down than have a destructive minority  respect the individual rights of the citizens.

This bowing to violence, this lack of moral strength to stand up to bullies is how Europe had two World Wars and assorted conflicts with millions upon millions of citizens killed in less than 100 years. And I do believe they are bound to have another one of those “parties.”

“Don’t stick that knife in the wall socket.”
“Why not?
“Duh! You will get shocked.”
“But this is a House of God.”
“So?”
“I’ll be fine.”
“Seriously, don’t stick that knife in the wall socket.”
(Sticks knife in wall socket, gets major shock)
“What was that! That cannot happen!”
“What do you mean? You stuck a knife in an outlet.”
“But this is the House of God. I was told I am safe here.”
“Being in the House of God means you can ignore reality?”
“I am not supposed to be hurt. My hand hurts bad.”
“You are a dumbass. You were warned.”
“You are mean. You are blaming me for my injury.”
“Why don’t you try again? This time use your mouth to stick the knife?”

On an earlier post I tried to make the point that Robert Bowes, the Tree of Life Shooter is not the opposite of the Liberals but rather in the same intellectual vein: Both accuse the Jews of genocide and both hate President Trump.

Dear Liberal Jews: This is not a coincidence. Liberals have a lot in common with the real White Power and Klan groups. I said it many years ago that the two groups that do not want Blacks to have guns for self-defense are the KKK and the lefty-leaning NAACP.

And I know, there are liberal Jews that march the streets feeling “embarrassed” about Israel and accusing its leaders of genocide.  Stop being stupid. please. Do you think you have a higher status and protection because you are the modern Kapos keeping the other Jews in check? Do you think you somehow will be spared by the Palestinian Fans that stand with you if they are successful in destroying Israel? They are not going to be satisfied if the Jews in Israel are exterminated, they will come for you eventually because it is not Israel that they hate, it the Jews they loathe.

So, when you are embraced by a Liberal who has consistently riled against the Holy Land and you believe him, take his side and give him/her your money, you are an asshole  making a reservation to take a trip in the modern cattle car going East. The Politicians that are now throwing ashes on their hair and ripping their clothes in “solidarity” with the victims and family of the Tree of Life massacre will forget and dispose of you when the time comes. American Jews are tagged as inoffensive and easy to kill, not so other races and religions that they truly fear.

Dear Liberal Jews: Stop being useful idiots. Arm your synagogues and temples. Arm yourself, defend your family, defend your faith.

“If he come to slay thee, forestall by slaying him.”
Sanhedrin, folio 72a.

How bad and stupid it got for the NYT and Taco Stand?

“Poorly framed.” The truth is that journalists today do not require anything but a left leaning political attitude and the occasional access to a search engine. I will emphasize the word “occasional” because otherwise they would not have made such an idiotic “framing” job.

dog·ma

You are not allowed to have guns. Failing to obey orders will be severely punished as if you were scum of the earth. You may be a black lesbian , but of you own a gun, you shall be treated as a Nazi war criminal.

I love it. It is like we don’t even need to give reasons make our point.

David Wynn is a Facebook friend and penned this. I am reproducing with his permission.

In light of yesterday’s HORRIFIC incident in Pittsburgh, I have a question for my Jewish family and friends…
Listen… like most normal American Jews, I have a justifiably negative opinion of the Hasids. Most of us have had a negative experience with our Hasidic cousins who think they’re better than we are, and that we’re not real Jews.
But that being said, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
One thing the Hasidic Jews actually have right is the Shomrim Patrols.
Much like the Israelis, the Hasidic Shomrim Patrols leave no Jewish facilities unguarded.
With GUNS.
They even go far (in typical Hasidic fashion) as to bribe the NYPD for pistol permits to make that happen.
They are determined to have men with guns at every Jewish facility in Brooklyn, even if it means breaking the law to do so.
And when was the last time you heard about a Jewish facility in Brooklyn being attacked?
NO ONE who would want to mess with the Hasidic in Brooklyn would dare to actually do it.
Why? Because they know they’d get shot by them.
I was in a Facebook group yesterday, and an Israeli member of the group was absolutely shocked to learn for the first time, because of this incident, that American synagogues don’t have armed guards in them during Shul services on Shabbat. He was absolutely flabbergasted, and demanded to know why American Jews would be so stupid as to leave their holy facilities unprotected.
When my father was clergying in Connecticut, at least one or two members of the congregation were always armed during every single service. Usually, it was myself and at least one of the cops who was a congregation member. Same with every house of worship I attended while on active duty. As soon as they found out that I was a Marine Infantryman, I was asked to carry during services.
So the Israelis have learned this lesson, the Hasidic have learned this lesson, and the Christians have learned this lesson.
Why hasn’t American Jewry? How come MY people are too stuck in their political ideology to learn to take practical steps to reduce or stop horrific, evil, tragic incidences like this from happening?
American Jews feel plenty safe in Israel. There are Israeli soldiers walking around everywhere with machine guns, and every historical or cultural location you go to, and every house of worship you attend, has either a soldier, a cop, or a normal citizen who is packing an insane amount of firepower.
And NO normal American Jews feel uncomfortable about it when they visit.
I have literally NEVER spoken to an American Jew who felt uncomfortable about the level of firepower that they witnessed in people’s hands and strapped to people’s bodies everywhere they went in Israel.
So how come they flat out REFUSE to arm themselves OR allow others who are well-trained to carry their guns in Shul here in the States?
How come they don’t even authorize Shomrim Patrols?
How come, in the era when people can literally PRINT a functioning AR-15 or a machine gun off of a 3-D printer in the comfort of their own home, American Jewry is still stuck on this insane, archaic idea that they can successfully legislate guns out of the hands of neo-Nazis (who typically know how to make them in a machine shop anyways), and they don’t need to allow other trained, willing Jews to carry in our houses of worship or community centers.
I want an American Jew who believes in gun control to seriously answer this question for me. I’m open to hearing your logic.

I just got this sent and it summarizes pretty well what we call Defensive Lifestyle.

From Graham Combat.

Hat tip to Randall B.