http://www.metafilter.com/tags/AEI Posts tagged with 'AEI' at MetaFilter. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:25:38 -0800 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:25:38 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65410/Cant%2Dwe%2Djust%2Dgo%2DDutch If European and North American societies are <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/07/AR2007100701031.html">morally responsible</a> <small>(<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/07/AR2007100701031_pf.html">print-friendly</a>)</small> for safeguarding free speech, should we also take financial responsibility for <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/09/news/edrushdie.php">its proponents' safety</a> (<small><a href="http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=7815552">pf</a>)</small>? <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2175458/fr/rss/">Hitchens seems to think so</a>.<br><br> Today's moral dilemma is brought to you, of course, by the West's favourite Voltairian nightmare: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b04pjSiTWUQ">prominent Islam critic</a>, <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,424458,00.html">former Dutch MP</a>, and <a href="http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.all,scholarID.117/scholar.asp">scholar at the American Enterprise Institute</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4985636.stm">Ayaan</a> <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2005258,00.html">Hirsi</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1485350,00.html">Ali</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65410 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:25:38 -0800 aei americanenterpriseinstitute apostasy avilewis ayaanhirsiali cbc christopherhitchens colbert colbertreport dennisprager dutch feminism firstamendment freedomofspeech freespeech hirsi hirsiali holland iht internationalheraldtribune islam lotsoftagssuckithaters michaelcoren netherlands rushdie salmanrushdie slate stephencolbert thecolbertreport thenetherlands theovangogh wapo washingtonpost goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/51623/Vanity%2DFair <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali">Ayaan Hirsi Ali (n&#0233;e Magan)</a> has already been mentioned in <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/42772">several</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/41405">times</a> in <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46338">Metafilter</a>. Whether you consider her a couragous campaigner for women's rights and against Islamofascism, or a crass opportunist, there's no denying that she's some character. However, it now seems that her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair">Becky-Sharp-ish</a> rise to fame and power also left a similar trail of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PvdA">embittered ex-friends</a> and <a href="http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=29962&name=Ayaan+Hirsi+Ali%3A+hero+or+phony%3F">lies</a> that has ended up landing her in <a href="http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=29989&name=Hirsi+Ali+faces+inquiry+over+naturalisation+lies">serious trouble</a> with fellow right-winger (also previously mentioned in Metafilter) <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/48754">Rita Verdonk</a>, Dutch Immigration Minister. Before feeling too sorry for Ayaan, consider that she's moving to <a href="http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ned050615mc">Washington DC</a>, where she's landed a job at the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35411">American Enterprise Institute</a>. I'm sure she'll fit right in... tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51623 Mon, 15 May 2006 11:47:38 -0800 AEI asylum AyaanHirsiAli Holland Skeptic