HS reports, that radical islamists have been preparing strikes against Dutch politicians and the Dutch intelligence service. Besides the immediate implications (lost lives, damage to property, etc), I think this threat is a very serious threat to democracy and a free society. Already such politicians as Hirsi Ali and Wilders have to remain discreet about their whereabouts and be protected by bodyguards where ever they go.

Although Dutch law condemns such behaviour, I think it has sent a pretty strong message to 'dissenters', to those of us who don't buy into the idealist view of a peaceful multicultural society, the destruction of the nation state and the notion of Islam as a 'religion of peace' and 'tolerance'. Although we can publicly say what we feel about these issues, in places like Holland (and many other places in W. Europe), we become immediatly targets. An atmoshpere of tension and fear is hampering dissenting views from being presented, and it hampers democracy itself.

I think the choice is clear:

a) A multicultural society, rife with ethnic tension and conflict, suppressed freedoms of speech, expression, opinion and assembly (in order to prevent any provocation and escalation of the conflict)

or;

b) A safer, more homogenous society with more freedoms.

Nationalism, besides being a view of how society should be in our opinion, is also a practical solution.