example our rather more relaxed attitudes to sexual matters for example have at their root monogamy and an absolute ban on divorce which has only really been relaxed in the last century. On the other hand I agree that the rise of what in mainland Europe can be called the 'christian right' is disturbing but I see this as an attempt to divert the attention of working people from the real problem which is increasingly aggressive global capitalism. Muslims are very much the target for this but there a few amongst you that do rather encourage this reaction. There have been many posts on Cif by posters who like to quote the 'nasty' bits from the Koran. It would seem we both have problems with our crazies. Neither of us can afford to ignore them because I am afraid they won't go away. TheresaKlein October 24, 2007 6:49 AM "The rise of racial prejudice in Europe is a direct result of the failure of the European left to sensibly confront Islamic radicalism or defend Western culture on any level." The first influx into Western Europe after 1945 appears to me to be Turkish "gastarbeiter" into a booming Germany. Then about twenty years ago, they were unprotected by German law and laid off. That was both racism and monetarism: the deliberate creation of poverty. The class war policy is followed by Ghannoushi and Klein. Neither shows the least concern for native Wessis. I bet unemployment in Switzerland is the worst since