I sure would…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has returned to the United States after having to leave due to her inability to afford proper security. As I have previously posted, she has lived under a fatwa since speaking out against islamic practices and her partner and friend T…..

The brave critic of Islam is now back in the US again, and this time, she’s thankfully got security funding to back her (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin). But is Holland retreating on their image as a free country that they’d seemed to cultivate in the year…

“But I do want to say a word to the gun nuts here. I oppose gun control, but talk about Hirsi Ali having a gun and the responsibility of her defense being ultimately her own is more than a little gun nutty.”
thuja on October 8, 2007 at 3:45 PM

Where did you get the idea that anyone here was seriously recommending that? I read through all the previous posts three times and didn’t find any that said that directly.

Only one that even alluded to it, and he was correct in that according to the Supreme Court, the government (IE: Police, FBI etc.) is NOT responsible to proactively protect any individual… Only to clean up the mess afterwards and try to find prosecute and imprison the perpetrator.

Ultimately, legally, the security and safety of any individual who is not given Secret Service protection (in the case of Presidents and their immediate family, certain Federal officials and Presidential candidates) State Police protection (in the case of Governors and certain other state officials), The only time that the government is required to actually protect an individual is when they are in custody.

Well, no.
She’s not a citizen. (we should put her on a fast track to make her one) Why don’t you pay for her security? (how do you know that I don’t already?) Like I said, I’m not a negative person, I admire Hirsi Ali, but again, how many of these people are we expected to pay to have secure? (there’s only one Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and I’m sayint this to you reasonably, and with no malice. If you think about it really seriously, you know exactly what I mean).
We didn’t protect Rushdie. (we should have – Hitchens risked his and his family’s life by doing so – that ’smart’ Maureen Dowd gave him away; for his courage I admire him so greatly) We’re not protecting any number of Muslim critics. (we should) Where do we draw the line? (it’s not a big line, unfortunately; and if it were, it’d still be a worthy cause)
If she were a citizen, I think it would be a different story. (again, let’s make her one soon).

SuperManGreenLantern on October 8, 2007 at 2:32 PM

SMGL, no malice intended. I feel very strongly about this because of the significant moment in history we find ourselves in. A few years from now you and I will know if we let her down, and us in the process.

But I do want to say a word to the gun nuts here. I oppose gun control, but talk about Hirsi Ali having a gun and the responsibility of her defense being ultimately her own is more than a little gun nutty. Hirsi Ali faces evil, trained assassins far beyond what a petite intellectual woman could ever hope to face. She needs government protection. She doesn’t need suggestions that she be Wonderwoman.

How many times do I have to return to this topic? I guess it’s never-ending. The left wants to be credited as “patriotic,” at least as they would prefer to define that term, while engaging in the most anti-American impulses……

Or, I can fix up the spare bedroom here and provide security myself if she is interested in living in the middle of nowhere, (with a guy that is ‘paranoid’ enough already).

Entelechy on October 8, 2007 at 1:51 PM

Well, no.
She’s not a citizen. Why don’t you pay for her security? Like I said, I’m not a negative person, I admire Hirsi Ali, but again, how many of these people are we expected to pay to have secure?
We didn’t protect Rushdie. We’re not protecting any number of Muslim critics. Where do we draw the line?
If she were a citizen, I think it would be a different story.

After Allahpundit, Hitchens is my favorite Atheist!

Note: I am not an atheist, although I do find them to be a bit funny at times.

We should provide security for anyone in the country… that is the function of gov’t if I’m not mistaken.

It simply isn’t possible to do so.
Assume for the sake of argument a minimal security detail of a single bodyguard 24/7. If the people work in 8-hour shifts, that’s 21 shifts per week to cover, so 3 cops working 40 hours and a fourth catching 48. Providing security to 20% of the country would require the remaining 80% to be police officers doing no other law enforcement work, much less anything else productive, like feeding people, treating illness, etc.

Stand up for equality in rights for women.
Don’t want to see homosexuals jailed or murdered.
Believe in freedom of speech and expression even when it is unpopular.
……

If you learn of a legitimate fund to provide for her security, let us know. I pledge $100 as an initial donation.

And I’ll kick in another $100 matching donation to the first card-carrying NOW member to pony up a Benjamin for Ms. Ali.

Maybe I’m out of touch with reality or something.

SuperManGreenLantern on October 8, 2007 at 12:55 PM

Well, yes…

iirc, Salman Rushdie hid out at Hitchen’s house after the Fatwa. Hitch knows the threat she faces first hand. It can’t be a money thing. If they can’t find the funds out of the $2,900,000,000,000 they’re going to spend next year, there’s something very very wrong.

trubble on October 8, 2007 at 1:11 PM

Thanks for being the first to actually credit Mr. Hitchens. His balls are definitely more steely than others’.

The only people who seem to care about this WOMAN are mean, nasty, sexist conservatives.

Hmmmmmm

Always Right on October 8, 2007 at 1:27 PM

And many of them don’t know her either. You’d think that the women’s groups, the ACLU, the freedom-loving ‘progressives’ would hold out many tin cans for this cause…dreaming…hoping…wishing…

Yet the US liberal politicians and media remain silent about a courageous woman in distress.

The only people who seem to care about this WOMAN are mean, nasty, sexist conservatives.

Hmmmmmm

VinceP1974 on October 8, 2007 at 1:02 PM

Except for the fact that the Supreme Court says otherwise (Warren v. District of Columbia) which is part of the reason that I do hope she becomes a citizen. That gives her access to all kinds of things such as 2nd Amendment Rights. And the reason we have that right is because, ultimately, it’s up to you to make sure you’re safe. Can exceptions be made? I think so. I think they should in her case. The problem you’re going to have is that nobody’s going to want to do it.

The State Department isn’t going to do it. Neither is the FBI. Congress sure as hell wont. It’d be up to the President and he hasn’t really been … reliable lately.

Really you know, the Republican Presidential Candidates are missing a huge opportunity. I mean, Mitt Romney could just pay for it himself, but even the others could try to set up some kind of fund or foundation to help her out. I think that would generate a favorable response amongst voters.