Monday, February 13, 2006

The Queen of Iron

Brave Queen Margrethe

I noticed strength, honesty and a sense of purpose in the Danish Queen Queen Margrethe II when she was being interviewed (in perfect French) by Apostrophe's Bernard Pivot.

Her statement "we have to show our opposition to Islam and we have to, at times, run the risk of having unflattering labels placed on us because there are some things for which we should display no tolerance." bears repeating.

Then, she added this diplomatic "we should not be content with living next to each other. We should rather live together" since, in her assessment all the Muslim youth need to do is to learn the Danish language and culture.

I'm sure this last statement was made in the atmosphere of political correctness, which even strong leaders these days have to (or pretend to) somewhat follow.

Maybe I should call her the Queen of Iron, a rather unpolished version of steel which, if not carefully treated, is easily influenced by outside materials, weakens and deteriorates.