re: #148 shiplord kirel

Really? McAleese was addressing the selfsame Muhammed cartoons that are the cause of the anger that led to the attack in Denmark. This particular “anger” cannot be isolated from its real-world expression, it is almost invariably expressed in violence and calls for forcible suppression. McAleese obviously endorses this response, since her own government has now taken over the job of forcible suppression from angry jihadist vigilantes. A raid by the Irish police differs from a terrorist attack only by degrees, both constitute actual force in response to provocative but non-violent expressions.

The cognitive dissonance is huge, since she was a proponent of rights for gays. Now however she is supporting the stifling of speech of another minority in Ireland, the atheists.