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People are tribal, and the clash of values between Islam and postmodern secular Europeans is very real.

• em-bee 11mo ago
  again, that clash is not the cause for the problems we are facing.
  • inglor_cz 11mo ago
    Cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo weren't killed by capitalism or global climate change. Personally, I consider the chilling effect of such events on freedom of speech and art quite a huge problem. This freedom was crucial to European prosperity.
    • phatskat 11mo ago
      But that attack wasn’t representative of any large population, it was the result of terrorists doing terrorist things.
      • inglor_cz 11mo ago
        IIRC the results of the "Did they deserve it?" polls among the European Muslim populations weren't particularly encouraging.
        • phatskat 11mo ago
          What polls?
  • machomaster 11mo ago
    People/institutions didn't want to fix real problems. This unwillingbess/inability causes problems to spiral and more and more problems to appear. Including the clash.