Viva Voltaire

In the cartoon controversy, it’s the French who’ve been courageous, the Americans and British spineless.

Theodore Dalrymple writes that in the case of the Muslim Cartoon Jihad Against the West the British and American elites have shown less spine than the French. And it would seem that he is correct. Yes, it is a big surprise to see the French standing up for much of anything, but they seem to have been roused from their slumber, at least on this occasion. I wonder how long it will last.