Bye bye liberty

Still over at Samizdata, Perry posts on the latest assault on our ancient freedoms.

Unfortunately Dutch politicians seem to have as little clue about the basis of a liberal democracy as Mr Blunkett.

Secretary Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst has apparently said that MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali should not have made the film Submission [which] was akin to 'lighting a cigarette in a munitions dump'.

No. It's called freedom of speech. He should go.

Hat-tip: Zacht Ei