“Unsere Antwort auf Gewalt ist noch mehr Demokratie, noch mehr Humanit\u00e4t, aber niemals Naivit\u00e4t.” Jens Stoltenberg 2011 (damals Norwegischer Ministerpr\u00e4sident) in einer Reaktion auf das Attentat des Islamhassers Breivig bei dem 77 Menschen starben.<\/p>\n
“Our answer to violence is even more democracy, even more humanity, but never naivety.” Jens Stoltenberg in 2011 (president of Norway at that time) in response to the attacks of Islam hater Breivik, which killed 77.<\/p>\n
Interestingly the english language doesn’t have a term that encapsulates the full meaning of \u00a0“wehrhafte” democracy. Wehrhaft<\/em> is so much more than defensive<\/em>, protected<\/em> or guarded<\/em>. It encompasses resiliency and a smart and at times painful defensive fight for the western value system.<\/p>\n We should recount Stoltenberg’s words from 2011 when thinking about the most suitable reaction to IS today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Und hier zum vollst\u00e4ndigen Kommentar von Jakob Augstein (Spiegel)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Unsere Antwort auf Gewalt ist noch mehr Demokratie, noch mehr Humanit\u00e4t, aber niemals Naivit\u00e4t.” Jens Stoltenberg 2011 (damals Norwegischer Ministerpr\u00e4sident) in einer Reaktion auf das Attentat des Islamhassers Breivig bei dem 77 Menschen starben. “Our answer to violence is even more democracy, even more humanity, but never naivety.” Jens Stoltenberg in 2011 (president of Norway … Continue reading “Wehrhafte Demokratie” – Seeking the right response to the events of Paris in Nov 2015 –<\/span>