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Finnish parliament cancels free speech event featuring Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks over security concerns

Apr 10, 2015 9:56 am By Robert Spencer

Finnish parliament helsinkiEverywhere the West cowers in fear of the Muslim thugs who will kill over cartoons.

Enough is enough. They’re just cartoons. Are we going to stand idle while psychopaths who would commit murder because of them frighten the free world into giving up the freedom of speech, the cornerstone of a free society?

It’s time to stand up.

Stand with us against violent intimidation: get tickets to our Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest on May 3 in the Dallas area here.

“Parliament cancels Mohammed cartoonist visit,” YLE, April 10, 2015 (thanks to Fjordman):

The Finnish parliament has cancelled a discussion event where the Swedish artist Lars Vilks, known for his depictions of the prophet Mohammed. The Secretary General of the Finnish parliament said that the cancellation was made on Security Intelligence Police advice.

A planned discussion event due to be held on parliamentary premises, and organised by Finns Party MP Mika Raatikainen, has been cancelled on the advice of the Security Intelligence Police (Supo). Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who is mainly known for drawing the prophet Mohammed, was due to attend the event to discuss freedom of speech issues.

According to a press release from parliament, the decision was made due to a threat assessment from Supo and because the event was not directly related to parliament’s work….

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  1. Buraq says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 10:06 am

    Finns ain’t what they used to be! Clowns!

    • Betty says

      Apr 11, 2015 at 9:11 am

      wasn’t the police and security it was the muslims. another country down the drain to hell. keep giving in.

  2. Dag says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 10:35 am

    I published a satirical life of Mohammed book recently to show the world that it can be done. We do not have to cower. For now we just have to be subtle at times.

    http://www.amazon.com/Snootom-D-W-Walker/dp/0987761587/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427136006&sr=1-1&keywords=snootom

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 10, 2015 at 8:31 pm

      Bravo!

  3. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 10:47 am

    Instead of canceling these events, wouldn’t it be far more efficient to simply cancel the endless importation of ungrateful Muslims?

    • underbed cat says

      Apr 12, 2015 at 10:09 am

      That makes sense to me. Using facts about the “nature” of Islam and backing it up is important. I am less inclined to antagonize with cartoons, knowing full well the nature… ( although sometimes a cartoon can give a picture words can’t)I have been thinking about the story of the frog and the scorpion that was told to Dil by Fergus in the movie The Crying Game. The scorpion wants to cross the river so he asks the frog to take him on his back to get to the other side. The frog knows the nature of the scorpion to give a deadly sting. But the scorpion convinces him he will be safe so he agrees. Half way across the river the frog feels the sting and yells why did you sting me, it’s in my nature replies the scorpion. I know the nature…it is dangerous sadly…I am fearful but we should bar the scorpions and educate the frogs.

  4. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 11:00 am

    I have read that the Finns have more saunas than cars.
    Think about that for a moment.
    If we lived in a world where people consistently loved and cared for each other we could all walk around in our backyards, naked to the world.
    In order to have a stable society where nudity is no big deal that society would first need a non-predatory foundation where people are non-judgmental and accepting of their fellow citizens as well as themselves.
    The Finns are much closer to peaceful coexistence than those from Muslim countries.

    Everything Islam touches either withers or dies.
    Islam has no place in Finnish society.

  5. Jovial Joe says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 11:19 am

    So the seat of power of a nation state feels unable to defend itself from terrorist attack? Of course a state can defend itself but the weakness here is not in force of arms but in force of will – a psychological inability to confront and face down the enemy; abject cowardice in other words.

  6. Savvy Kafir says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    I guess there’s no need to have discussions on free speech in Finland. The Finns have made their decision: there is no free speech in Finland anymore.

    The proper response to all of this is for people to start conducting free speech seminars in free countries around the world, and simply hire armed guards to keep the jihadis from getting out of hand (if the police won’t do it). How anyone in a “free” society can fail to see that is beyond me.

  7. Nathan says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    It’s a cry for help.

    Help! Help! We don’t know what to do. Help! Help!

    Help! Help! We only offered peace ‘n’ love. But they don’t have a word for peace and the only thing they love is death. Help Help!

    Who will save you, from your own stupidity? Help yourselves. It’s not going to get any better if you don’t. Only worse…. much worse…. Like the death of everything you ever held dear. Rammed into the gutter along with your children and their children, for eternity.

  8. Papa Whiskey says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    Cancelled because of fear — fear that the attack in Copenhagen in February might be replicated, thus rewarding the terrorists who perpetrated it with pre-emptive capitulation. The psychologist B.F. Skinner termed this “positive reinforcement.” If you positively reinforce a certain behavior, you will elicit more and more of it.

  9. gravenimage says

    Apr 10, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Finnish parliament cancels free speech event featuring Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks over security concerns
    ………………………..

    Appalling. I suppose in these dark days we should be grateful it was ever scheduled in the first place.

    That’s why—as Robert points out—the upcoming Muhammad Cartoon Art Show in Texas is so important.

    You can still vote for the People’s Choice Award here:

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/04/vote-now-for-your-favorite-muhammad-cartoon

    I created seven entries myself—as well as one of my “Heroes Against Jihad” tributes to keynote speaker Geert Wilders. You can see that one here:

    http://s478.photobucket.com/user/gravenimageartist/media/JWHGW.jpg.html

    Defend freedom of speech!

  10. Erica says

    Apr 11, 2015 at 8:14 am

    It’s so tragic that free speech is no longer something worth fighting and dying for. Our forefathers would be turning in their graves.

    • Ari says

      Apr 12, 2015 at 11:12 pm

      I know, sickening is it not? Finnish SISU has left the finns now. I am ashamed of my heritage. The Finnish sniper who was called the “White ghost” must be running over in his grave right now.

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