Reply #6: Of course it's racism.

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I don't deny that.

You're right on some points, wrong on some others.

Would that school show A passion of the Christ? The Mel Gibson reli-flick?

Separation of school and church/politics is something we all would like. In the US and in The Netherlands. Still, having been to an American Highschool, I found the religious zeal intimidating. More so than the racism, which was clearly going on (Richmond, MO, '94-'95). Being an atheist was definitely not appreciated;)
You can't be serious about keeping the church out of school if there are mass prayers, a no-show of Darwin, stoopid stuff like that. But parents can keep their kids away fgrom school if the President has something to say?
They were (for the bigger part, probably) too young to view a racist movie like this. But they've been exposed to hatred against minorities and people of other faiths many many times. Even in school, where the 9/11 Commission has the last say on the official story that runs in the text books.

Geert Wilders always comes up with excuses about him not being a racist. Usually he says something about not being against Islam, but crusading against the excesses that come with Islam. It's the racist trick allright. He uses the racist codes, though, not all-out racism.

Who are you referring to by calling some of your countrymen "Geert Wilders"? We're talking about Glenn Beck and his ilk?

You got me wrong on the next point: Geert Wilders used to live in a Moroccan neighborhood. When he first started poiting out intolerance amongst Muslims, many of which were his neighbours, the thanked him in kind by threatening him for not agreeing with him. He did so with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who was later almost reverently welcomed in the States.
Wilders needs bodyguards period. He lives in hiding, 'cause there's a prize on his head. As for Moroccans not being able to walk any neighborhood, that's laughable. It's the young Moroccans who supply the threat, up to the point where shootings occus nearly everyday. Guns are illegal in Holland, as you might know - none of my friends have one.

The 1M idiots who run after Wilders would run after anyone with a general view slighter wider than their own. I don't absolutely dismiss them, but I sure don't think they're a serious threat to anything. Yet.

Lastly, Wilders' film is not remotely objective. Neither is Religulous. Neither is The Passion. None of 'em are, that's the fun part of it. You need to see them all to finally reach the conclusion that each and every religion is racist from the ground up.
Moderate believers, muslims, christians, jews alike, I don't care about. They don't bother me and vice versa. It's the freaks- the ones who tell me my friends are bad for being gay or black, or attack me for not believing in their god(s)- I have a problem with. And that will most likely get me shot before I die of old age.