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November 13, 2010
Atlantic Digest: Is the War on Hysteria now Transatlantic?
Our friends at Atlantic Review, the Berlin-based press digest by German Fulbright alumni, write that "Like America, Germany Needs More Sanity, Less Hysteria". Excerpts, from a piece by mainstay Joerg Wolf:
Where are the German Jon Stewarts, who could restore some sanity over here? The debate in Germany about multiculturalism and Muslims, immigration and integration is full of hysteria. [The] debate now includes Halloween and nuclear energy.
One leader of the conservatives in the German parliament sees Christianity threatened by Halloween. Another one is concerned that protests against nuclear energy and against a train station in Stuttgart could lead to the building of minarets in one's front garden.
Christianity in Germany is not under attack by Islam or Halloween. The real problem is that more and more Christians lost interest in practicing their own religion. [more]
Above: Hitler, The Bunny Years.
Posted by JD Hull at November 13, 2010 11:18 PM