What is Mark’s position on Britain “paedophobia“ crisis?

Terp Mole on October 22, 2006 at 5:56 PM

Mr Steyn,

Prior to WWII the American public was very divided about American entering the war. The motivation of the ‘no war’ public was based on isolationism. It took Pearl Harbor to reverse the trend.

Today the American public is even more divided, but today instead of isolationism it appears to be relativism. Again we are divided about war. 9/11 did nothing to reverse this trend. Why?

Limerick on October 22, 2006 at 6:35 PM

Mr Steyn,
Your book sold out in short order in Canada, Germany and France showing at least some interest from the rest of the world at least.
Yet in an article about a group of Moroccan youths tossed from a movie theater in Rotterdam, for cheering at the moment the terrorists attacked and downed the World Trade Center, the article ends with this: “This is a pretty sad commentary on the Moroccan youth. For Europe’s sake, hopefully such an outburst and the mindset it represents is not pervasive.”
NOT PERVASIVE? It’s too late to think that way!
My question is this…2 parts A) Does the majority of the free world really think there are still just a handful of these terror minded Islamists?
And B) Why don’t the 90% of the ‘moderate’ or non-radical muslims (since we’re told there cant be more than 10% that are radical) say or do anything as a group that can be heard?
Anything that can help against the war on Terror and thusly, help with the growing bias against all muslims.
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Hope that’s not too long…
thanks for the opportunity.

shooter on October 22, 2006 at 6:47 PM

Mr. Steyn,

Why do other countries hate America?

DannoJyd on October 22, 2006 at 6:53 PM

Mr Steyn, in light of your achievements in print as well as your skyrocketing popularity on television and radio, indicated by your recent stint on the Rush Limbaugh Program, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I might add. My question for you is: How did you get to be so AWESOME?

Mark Steyn does so well with hard substantive questions, let’s see how he does with an unexpected softball!

Troy Rasmussen on October 22, 2006 at 7:00 PM

Mr. Steyn -
As a pediatric physician in the midwest caring primarily for Somalian/Kenyan immigrants (many with 8+ kids/family), the repopulation of our country many are predicting seems to be becoming reality to me. In addition to terror concerns (a father in my clinic was arrested for plotting to blow up a local shopping mall), I have enormous public health concerns for the future of our country. The amount of latent TB I see in this population, either untreated or undertreated, is staggering. However, I see no public health concerns in our American medical field addressing what I see on the front lines on a daily basis. Our city public health department is just a joke in resources dedicated to TB. We, as primary care doctors, are supposed to track our own patients - a virtually impossible job with a noncompliant, migrant overcrowded population. But the new immigrants continue FLOODING in here. There is no tracking system in place for the disease or to follow treatment of known cases. I have read that the rate of lethal multidrug resistant TB in Europe is exploding. Can you address this issue? Is the public health system in England jumping on this disease and treating it like the deadly infectious threat that it is?

doctork on October 22, 2006 at 7:10 PM

In reference to Terp Mole’s question about British “paedophobia,” isn’t this just a manifestation of Britain’s recent criminalization of self-defense? If people can’t legally defend themselves against young thugs, don’t the thugs become more fearsome — and fearless?

Ali-Bubba on October 22, 2006 at 7:14 PM

Can anything be done to reverse the Muslim population overtaking the native,European population?

Hening on October 22, 2006 at 7:18 PM

Much has been made of the vast numbers of “moderate Muslims” supposedly lurking about somewhere. In the absence of any sizeable demonstrations–say 100 or more–by such Moderates against Islamic terrorism, terrorists or terrorist organizations, suicide bombings etc, etc. could one draw the conclusion that these moderates are really in basic agreement with the more radical Muslim terrorists but are just not inclined to blow up the nearest infidel target.

Sam on October 22, 2006 at 7:28 PM

Mr. Steyn,

In your opinion, what is it that the radical Islamists fear most? How can we maximize and capitalize on those fears?

Zorro on October 22, 2006 at 7:39 PM

Mr. Steyn.

Does the western media not consider Islamofascism as an existential threat to western liberal democracies? Do they believe their interests are better served under a Muslim theocracy? What does the MSM hope to achieve in abetting the Islamofascist agenda?

shaken on October 22, 2006 at 7:56 PM

I’ve got a question line for Mr. Steyn:

“A common criticism of your book is that it paints a bleak picture for the future of the West, but says little about what we can do to save our freedoms. Do you believe that there are no solutions, and that the west will fade into history? Is ther anything we can do as individuals, or that we can ask our governments to do to keep the west free?”

Kevin M on October 22, 2006 at 8:42 PM

In your list of 10 recommendations to reform Islam you wrote “Develop a strategy for countering Islam on the ideological front. Create a civil corps of match America’s warrior corps and use it to promote alternative institutions, structures and values through a post-imperial equivalent to Britain’s Colonial Office…” Who would you like to see head this post?

mufsidoon on October 22, 2006 at 9:10 PM

After reading the question posed by Kevin M. (October 22, 2006 at 8:42 PM), I have one more candidate question.

* My own opinion is that we do not need to be told what to do about Islam, muslim terror, Western social welfare programs, Western birthrates, and muslim birthrates, because we already know what to do. Do you agree with my assessment?

Thanks again,

Kralizec
http://kralizec.wordpress.com/

Kralizec on October 22, 2006 at 9:14 PM

Mr. Steyn…

What is the one thing that you can suggest that we might point to as a way of convincing the sleeping masses in America (and elsewhere) of the real threat that is developing in the form of Islamo-Fascism? Hopefully, something short yet undeniable.

RalphyBoy on October 22, 2006 at 9:30 PM

What should Europe’s immigration policy be, generally? What should Canda’s, Australia’s and the United States’s respective immigration policies be, generally, and with particlar respect for Muslims? Do you think Muslims are assimilating particularly well in the U.S. and if you do what makes you think so? Ideally, what would Europe–or the other aforementioned countries–start doing in order to save itself?

Alex K on October 22, 2006 at 9:42 PM

I just want to hear him say it: “No, there is nothing to be done, that’s why I never suggest anything they can do.” It doesn’t seem like a prudent strategy to me, but if he comes out and say it, I’ll take it more seriously.

Alex K on October 22, 2006 at 10:23 PM

My Seyn,do believe that one of the ways to keep Islamic fanacist out our elected authority is to campaign hard against them.That seems to be one of their first orders of business as they progress to world domination.Asking me to vote for an Islamic candidate would be like asking me “would you like your burka blue or black.I will not submit.

spazzmomma on October 22, 2006 at 11:03 PM

Mr.Seyn, Is it right to accommodate the miniscule number of Muslim students at West Point, by providing an Iman and Mosque at this time. It seems to me that the only reason Islam has been able to breach our shores so far is under the pretext of being a religion. Is it possible to expose certain Islam doctrine as something other than a religion, with its own governing body,and its own taxation systems or other aspects. We have the seperation of church and state and when a church gets politically active dosent it lose its non profit tax status. Do neonazis or white supremists or black panthers have churches in West Point? Are these religions too? Why don’t we have the brilliant legal minds in this country trying to exploit every angle against Islam, to take away its status as a religion?

sonnyspats1 on October 23, 2006 at 12:50 AM

“The” doesn’t end in “w,” of course.

Axe on October 23, 2006 at 1:01 AM

Mr. Steyn,

What is your proposed solution for the issue of declining Western populations? How do you feel about forced reproduction or reproduction incentives? Is the crumbling of socialist programs due to a unfavorable worker/retiree enough of a treat to just ignore the issue? Which is the bigger threat to the West: Islamic extremism or Socialism?

Mark Jaquith on October 23, 2006 at 1:07 AM

Hening on October 22, 2006 at 7:18 PM:

Can anything be done to reverse the Muslim population overtaking the native,European population?

Alex K on October 22, 2006 at 10:23 PM:

I just want to hear him say it: “No, there is nothing to be done, that’s why I never suggest anything they can do.” It doesn’t seem like a prudent strategy to me, but if he comes out and say it, I’ll take it more seriously.

Kull wahad!If you stood with Mark on the shore of a sea and asked him, “What are the answers?,” suppose he were to begin silently selecting flat rocks and skipping them across the waves. Would you assume he was ignoring you or would you hazard a guess that he was giving you a superficial answer to a prior question? Would you watch the rocks or would you just keep staring at Mark in consternation?

Kralizec on October 23, 2006 at 1:16 AM

Mark,

Loved the book so much. It was indeed sublime. I was reading C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man this weekend, and I was thinking that the decline in the quality of public education on account of the hyper-politically correct emphasis on “multiculturalism” we are currently experiencing in America, while already being a huge handicap for my generation, will leave my child’s generation stupefied in the face of a radical, Islamified Europe. I mean, if one has no particular attachment to any “way of life” and is taught nothing but that “I’m ok, you’re ok”, how will one differentiate between the archaic concepts of “good” and “evil”? How can one choose to defend one’s country when all one has been taught is that it is the “Great Satan”?

So what do you see as the necessary education reforms that must take place within the US to make it possible for future generations to avoid being bogged down by this pussified PC blather?

Best,

April (violet)

violet on October 23, 2006 at 2:19 AM

Dear Mark,

I’ve been debating the war with Europeans since 9/11, and am certain there are many otherwise well-intentioned people there, but they are so completely duped by the monolithic hate-America Euromedia that they have absolutely no comprehension of what the war and the Islamist threat are really about. Except for a relatively small and (as yet) powerless blogosphere, Europe has no Rush Limbaugh and no Fox News, and thus everyday Europeans have no real access to anything but the kind of enemy-friendly propanganda the BBC recently admitted, in so many words, to being. It seems to me that the US cannot allow Europe to become Islamicized (= a growing base for terrorist operations) and that the key to this is an informed European citizenry who can vote rationally (= alternative media). What to do?

Halley on October 23, 2006 at 3:00 AM

With Europe so far gone with radical Islam, do you think the EU would have an awakening if a massive terror attack occured on a 9/11 scale? I know EU doesn’t equal US, but I fear they are asleep at the wheel while their entire infrastructure is undermined and their leaders are feckless for fear of seeming racial.

The EU won’t do a thing, as they are heavily invested in the Eurabia-Project via the Euro-Arab Dialogue which has been going on since the early 1970ies.

Wired German on October 23, 2006 at 3:31 AM

Mr. Steyn,

Imams speaking with forked tongue and continuous hate-speeches in mosques in the western world seem to be quite common. Do you think this is organized from a higher level? What would be their final goal?

Thanks for the opportunity.

sugiero on October 23, 2006 at 7:16 AM

Mr. Steyn,
I have not yet read your book, but I do plan to, and I did listen to you on Rush…that was the first I ever heard of you. Any, my question has loosely been asked already, but maybe not directly.

It seems to me that world animosity tward the US is blinding them to the danger they face themselves from Islamofacism. If I am correct, which seems rather obvious to me, do they truely believe they can coexist peacefully with Islam, or are they willing to convert and or submit to Islam in the name of bringing America down? If the latter is true, what could they possibly gain by this thinking?

MalkinFan on October 23, 2006 at 9:17 AM

Mark!

Is the National (”not my Canada-not my Post”) Post wooing you back?

Also-any lectures planned for Toronto in the near future?

WriterMom on October 23, 2006 at 9:35 AM

Mr Steyn,

It seems far too late for Europe to move in any such direction. But by way of drawing a line in the sand in a last-bastion, America-Alone sort of way, would there be any value in proposing a federal law to this effect: “In accordance with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in no case may the Islamic modes of jurisprudence known collectively as sharia supersede any laws within any territory under the jurisdiction of the United States of America.”

(Improper legalese based on my not being a lawyer, nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn Express)

This would have the effect of saying to Muslims: If you want to come to America to be Americans, fine and dandy, we welcome you as all others. But if you come here for the purpose of bringing Islam to America, you are not welcome and we oppose your agenda. Just who comes out of the woodwork during its discussion would, I think, reveal more than many might imagine. I think it might be particularly instructional for the college lefties - who sing the praises of the RoP - who hear their Muslim compatriots angrily insisting on the right to establish separate religion-based courts in the US – tho it might already be too late for their well-dhimmied perceptions.

(Maybe even Barry Lynn or the ACLU could take some time off from looking for tiny crosses on every town seal in the nation to get behind something like this.)

eeyore on October 23, 2006 at 11:23 AM

hijack PS: judging by these books, lots of people really, really fear Christianity. Freaky.
/hijack

Axe on October 23, 2006 at 11:25 AM

To: Allahpundit on October 22, 2006 at 6:38 PM

Technological advances should have no effect on birthrates. In the developed world, far-below-replacement birthrates are a matter of lifestyle choice, not fecundity. Zero Population Growth was not founded by people trying to come up with excuses for their inability to conceive, but rather their horror at being able to do so. For most of those folks, ten more years of fertility is just ten more years of having to practice contraception.

eeyore on October 23, 2006 at 11:55 AM

To expand a little on my earlier question. Could it be argued that the vast majority of Muslims are so brainwashed by their Islamic education that they believe that Infidels are, indeed, inferior to Muslim–who are told they are the “best of people”–and believe that conversion to Islam whould therefor be a blessing for all Infidels. Might it also be argued that the vast majority of Muslims, not inclined at this stage to violence, are just waiting on the sidelines for their share of “war booty” when their more radical Muslim brothers have done the job?

Sam on October 23, 2006 at 12:06 PM

- This may be a very basic question, but why does a birthrate of 1.3 spell doom for a country? Wouldn’t that still mean the next generation has 1/3 more people than the previous generation? Is this only a problem due to entitlement programs and the muslim population growing at such a quicker rate? In other words, if it wasn’t for the entitlement programs and muslim population growth, would a birthrate of 1.3 be such a cause for alarm?

gash on October 23, 2006 at 8:16 AM

Gash, maybe I can address this question. You need a minimum of two births per couple just maintain a population.

Let’s say you had a population of 4, with two men and two women. And they paired off into two married couples, of man and wife. Call them couple “A1″ and couple “B1″

Let’s say each of our adult couples had two children. Couple “A1″ has two boys. Couple “B1″ has two girls. Couple “A1″ and couple “B1″ raise their four children till the the age of 18. The four children then marry, creating two more couples, “A2″ and “B2″. Tragically, couple “A1″ and “B1″ die very soon after of old age. Now couple “A2″ and “B2″ each have two children. Each couple has one boy and one girl. Couple “A2″ and “B2″ raise their children to adulthood. At adulthood, these children, two boys and two girls marry and form couple “A3″ and “B3″. And again, couple “A2″ and “B2″ die soon after. Leaving couple “A3″ and “B3″(four individuals) to continue the cyle all over again. So this model shows how having two children leads to a stable population.

Now lets see what happens when instead of having two children, we only have one child.

Couple “A1″ and “B2″ each have only one child. Couple “A1″ has a boy. Couple “B2″ has a girl. They each raise their child to adulthood. At adulthood, the boy and girl marry, creating couple “A2″. And then couple “A1″ and “B1″ die of old age. Couple “A2″ then have one child. A boy. They raise him to adulthood. At this time, couple “A2″ dies of old age. Their boy, who is now a man, has no potential mate. He grows old and eventually dies of old age and that is the end of that population.

Now in reality, unfortunately, not every child grows up. Some die in childhood. So in actuality, you need to have more than two children per couple on average in order to maintain a population. It actually will require about 2.1 children per couple on average in order to maintain a population.

And of course if you had 3 children per couple on average, the population would increase.

I hope I didn’t misinterpret your question and waste my time in writing this, and your and other people’s time in writing it.

EFG on October 23, 2006 at 1:29 PM

EFG - Thanks much, that answers it perfectly. It also woke me up to my mistake - I was only counting parents as one person instead of 2 (just thinking in terms of the mother), so my premise (that a birthrate of 1.3 would produce the next generation 1/3 larger) was mistaken. My dumb error, it now makes sense. Got to go back and study the birds and bees again :)

gash on October 23, 2006 at 1:52 PM

C-Span re-air of Mark Steyn from Washington Journal this morning at 2:28pm EST.

you have been warned.

rslancer14 on October 23, 2006 at 2:18 PM

Regarding The question about what Europeans think, I have one example: a neighbor, an immigrant from Germany (survivor of the bombing of Dresden) who is anti-war and buys into all the Left’s delusions. She just returned from Germany on a 3-week visit to relatives and reported to me that they hate Muslims. Interesting. I’m sure they hate us too. So, what will they do about resisting the Jihad?

Also, a man in his 70’s in England wrote me last Christmas that he appreciates what the U.S. is trying to do in the Middle East. He realizes that we are the “last, best hope.”

Like the unfortunate “Dollydog” banned from posting, I keep wondering why our Press and TV outlets are so Leftist and Muslim-loving? It’s not enough to answer that management hires people who think like them and that they were all educated in similar journalism schools. The owners determine who gets hired to manage the newsrooms. Who are the real owners? Who is behind the corporate names with large holdings in the mega corporations running our TV stations? I keep wondering where the Soros money is having its influence, and the CPUSA, the Saudi billionaire princes, CAIR, etc.?

Margaret McC on October 23, 2006 at 3:15 PM

Dear Mr. Steyn,

In your book and in previous interviews, you said that Europe is already doomed through just sheer demographics and other factors. However, some who’ve been following the long-term demise of Western Europe believe that we might witness a Fascist resurgence in Continental Europe in a last ditch effort to repel the Muslim tide. Many who speculate on this point note that vast waves of violence periodically radiate out of Europe, for instance Europe’s colonization of the world, Napolean, and the World Wars.

Do you think it is possible that a Fascist resurgence could occur before the sun finally sets on Europe? And if that were to happen, how would the advent of weapons of mass destruction factor into this potential war?

Thank you.

Thomas on October 23, 2006 at 6:07 PM

Mark,
Did you send a copy of your book to M. Ahmadinejad? Kidding. He’s calling on Iranians to have more than 2 children in order to more easily subdue the west. He certainly understands birthrates and population mean power. Do you think our mainstream media and the social progressives will understand before it’s too late? Do you think American’s will decide to start having larger families again?
Ruthie

Ruthie on October 23, 2006 at 9:12 PM

Oh, as an addendum to my first question I’d like to ask a follow-up:

“If the entire world succumbs to Islamification and men of the West are forced to take up polygamy, may I be one of the extra wives you’re forced to acquire? I don’t do windows, but I do just about everything else.”

;)

violet on October 24, 2006 at 5:08 AM

Why not try to ban Islam?
As a measure of precaution.
As in http://precaution.ch

ajm on October 24, 2006 at 2:22 PM