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Leftist "mikmak"

European Union

Here's a nice reprinted quote of Dutch comedian Freek de Jonge which I found in the Rails magazine on the train:

Was that radicalism indeed original? Was it indeed upstanding to announce on stage who is decent and who isn't, without respect for other opinions? I now think: let's the thankful that conservative people in the sixties and seventies remained loyal to their "right" ideas. If we had gone overboard with that radical-left "mikmak", if the world healers had gotten in charge... then things would've looked scary. For real. Then we'd all be doomed.

Two things:

Firstly, what would a proper translation for "mikmak" be?

Secondly, this is a quote from August 1995. A quick glance at developments since then shows us: over-zealous application of political correctness, environmentalist fairytales branded global warming, five more years of Clinton, appeasement of Arafat, Che Guevara t-shirts, Anti-Flag, Michael Moore, the revival of communism and its socialist offspring socialism.. and so on.

We should indeed be very thankful we're not going overboard with leftist "mikmak". We're not doomed. Not at all.

(Posted under EU, not that radical leftism is restricted to Europe, as seen in the examples.)

Don't touch my Heiny

European Union

The five-pointed red star is the symbol of communism, a symbol banned in Hungary. Dutch brewery Heineken also uses a red star to promote its products.

See where this is going? Hungarians are bringing Heineken to court (Dutch; free registration required) for use of the logo. Loosely quoting one of the upset people: "if beer can be sold with a red star, who's going to prevent the sale of cookies with a swastika?".

That's a silly remark. Heineken is not using the communist red star to promote beer. It has used its trademarked logo since the 19th century. Long before Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin and the slighest notion of socialism, communism and Soviet oppression.

And even if Heineken hadn't been around for so long: banning disputed symbols for all purposes only helps the bad guys, by giving them a monopoly on basic geometrical figures. Let's hope Heineken wins this case. If not, freedom of expression is dead in Europe. As is red-star Mozilla.

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