nozick

Václav Havel

Václav Havel on viisas mies. Hän kritisoi EU:n päätöstä ruveta valikoimaan kutsuvieraita Kuuban lähetystöihinsä Castron toiveiden mukaan. Yleisempää viisautta sisältyy Havelin loppukaneettiin: "It is suicidal for the EU to draw on Europe's worst political traditions, the common denominator of which is the idea that evil must be appeased and that the best way to achieve peace is through indifference to the freedom of others.

Just the opposite is true: Such policies expose an indifference to one's own freedom and pave the way for war. After all, Europe is uniting to defend its freedom and values, not to sacrifice them to the ideal of harmonious coexistence with dictators and thus risk gradual infiltration of its soul by the anti-democratic mind-set.

I firmly believe that the new members of the EU will not forget their experience of totalitarianism and nonviolent opposition to evil, and that that experience will be reflected in how they behave in EU bodies. Indeed, this could be the best contribution that they can make to the common spiritual, moral and political foundations of a united Europe."

Tunnisteet: Ulkomaat

posted by nozick @ keskiviikkona, maaliskuuta 16, 2005