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More details in his recent <i>Slate<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2136714\/\"><b>column<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please be outside the Embassy of Denmark, 3200 Whitehaven Street (off Massachusetts Avenue) between noon and 1 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 24. Quietness and calm are the necessities, plus cheerful conversation. Danish flags are good, or posters reading &#8220;Stand By Denmark&#8221; and any variation on this theme (such as &#8220;Buy Carlsberg\/ Havarti\/ Lego&#8221;) The response has been astonishing and I know that the Danes are appreciative. But they are an embassy, and thus do not, of course, endorse or comment on any demonstration. Let us hope, however, to set a precedent for other cities and countries. Please pass on this message to friends and colleagues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wish I could be there. <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong; Denmark, and much of Europe, has a long way to go towards being accepting of immigrants, but they are ultimately free societies. Hitchens is correct in his opinion, that letting the hypocritical religious tyrants frame the debate is absolutely wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, do you think killing people and looting embassies over a cartoon is awful? Do you believe that free speech can include satire and maybe even the right to be stupid or insensitive? Do you think that discourse should be filtered to accomodate the feelings of bloodthirsty, theocratic fascists? 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