Viva Italia!

At last a European country with guts when it comes to Muslims. The NRO has this account of the Italian reaction to Iran's threats of genocide against Israel. Maybe the French will join in once its indigenous Muslims have finished burning down Paris...after all, even the Nazis never did that.

Bloody Typical.

This is typical of the New Zealand approach to bad behaiviour and, indeed, to crime in general. Instead of dealing harshly to offenders, let's inconvenience everyone else. In reponse to boorish drunken louts harassing others at cricket matches, New Zealand cricket will segregate families from drunks. So, if I want to take my kids to the cricket, I can't just buy a ticket and sit where I want, if I'm worried about some lager soaked idiot yelling obscenities into my ear. And here, I thought the law required drunks to be tossed out on their ass.

Drunk driving? Instead of locking up habitual drunk drivers, confiscating their cars, and banning them from driving for life, it's of course easier to make it impossible for anyone to have a couple of pints after work and then drive home.

Street crime? Instead of announcing that civilised societies don't surrender their parks and their inner cities to thugs at sundown and then putting enough cops on the street to make it happen, let's just warn everyone to take care, and maybe stay at home as well.

Property crimes? Instead of declaring someone a habitual criminal after three (or 5, or even 10) convictions and sending them down for a long stretch, after 60 or so convictions we'll consider locking up the crims for a few months. Maybe the victims can meet with their burglar for some "restorative justice". Restorative justice is sending the bastards to the darkest hole in New Zealand for a significant and highly unpleasant experience.