What is happening in Denmark?

Three incidents have occured within the last few days and it is tempting to try connect them.

First an alleged plot to kill one of the Muhammed cartoonists was exposed and 3 arrests made. As a direct result newspapers start reprinting the muhammed cartoons. Lead by the original publishing paper, the morning fascist of Jyllandsposten, they do in a somehow twisted sympathy with the cartoonist, but in fact endagering his life even more, and thereby definately spurring a worldwide muslim rave against infidels and danish ones in particular.

The result of these arrest will be expultion of two Tunesian nationals, without ever having seen a judge or their case presented to a court. In other words, the public may never know the grounds of the actions of the police.

It goes against anything in most legal system of 'free' countries. But it doesn't go against the two-year old Law against terror, allowing police to do arrests, confinements, and keep people in secret custody without getting a court involved. It is the first and only law in Denmark to circumvent the tripartite principle of the legislative power, the executive power, the judicial power, a principle more sacred to most Danes than The Lord's Prayer. In this case the police represent two of the powers. That's how the law is now, and it is in upright serious cotradiction with the Constitution.

As for the third incidents, the riots revived, and as far as I can tell from press reports pretty much getting out of hand, they are not, no matter what press might speculate, connected to the cartoon incident.

However they are related in the sense they have to do with the extrajudicial powers given police.

After last years riots, search zones were implemented in troubled areas of Copenhagen, giving the police the power to search and detain anyone without having to give reason warranting their actions. It's done by decrees. I.e. orders not known to the public, never published, but designed as internal guidelines for authorities and their apparatus. And as far as I'm able to trace back, the riots started in respons to those.

To me it seems justified --not the havoc the young people cause-- but that a reaction is there, against this blatant circumvention of the very basic of Danish society.

You see now the police have the power of issuing the rules, as well as upholding them, and as we've just seen in the case of the alleged cartoonist plot, also act as judge in their own cases. It's just like it was in old days Soviet, as it is in America under the present Military Act.

It's a disgrace to Democracy, as it is to the reputation of the State of Denmark.

My impression from reading the Danish news reports is that they might be, what we PC correct refer to as "second-generation immigrants", but it's against the discrimination law to state such ..unless it's of importance to the subject.

You se any statements of the ethnical origine of the rioters Hellmutt?

I agree with you they have very little or anything to do the Autonome groups.

This is, hmm... frightning, to say the least. It's one of those thing they've always said in Denmark: Can't happen here!

But now it is playing out right under their noses ...country wide.

It can only mean one thing: the total polarisation will be accomplished. There won't be no more middleground; unwards there'll only be ethnic Danes vs Danes of other ethnic origine/immigrants. And who shall win? No doubt in my mind, no one shall, but the toughest ones will prevail, and Danish people has never been very tough. I'm afraid not even Danish military can handle this.

It makes me very sad, because the only winner will be xenophobia. That will be PC from now on. What makes me really sad is that's the very last fragile frame of the picture of the Denmark I grew up in will be gone by the time they´ve cleared the arson lots and struggle back to 'normal'. But I'm afraid that 'normal' from now on will mean fear. 85% fearing the 15%, and at least half of the 85% will turn to fascism for revenge and 'security'. Something like that; the Hall of Freja lost forever.

Nah... I'm just in a dark mood today... but your Flemming Rose speculation, Hellmutt, is interesting. I read something similar about his connections to Russia and the considerable time he had spent there after the Soviet fall. He could be a double agent ..CIA..? ..it's hard to say who is orchestraing this. Russia in response to missile shield, NATO expanding east? Creating a havoc Danish authorities cannot quel, but Spetznaz(sp?) forces would have under control in 48 hours. How far is there from Kaliningrad to Dueodde? ½ an hour by speed boat?

Well, conspiracy speculations! Time shall tell, though it's not on our side anymore.

Did you believe it's over? It's not. It has been going on every day/night for a week already. At least 10 schools have been set fire to. 8 were arrrested this evening when they tried to set fire to another school with molotov cocktails.