Consider these differing “security” situations:
The man accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day had little difficulty boarding the plane in the Netherlands – even though there had been ample, serious warnings that he might pose a terrorist danger.
But a few months before the would-be bomber easily cruised past security in the Netherlands, that country tried to prevent one of its own lawmakers, who has been critical of radical Islam, from boarding a plane to England. And once he finally did arrive in England, he was arrested and promptly forced to return to the Netherlands.
In fact, back in his own country, that lawmaker, Geert Wilders, is being tried as a criminal for allegedly saying things that “incited hatred” against Muslims.
Some of Mr. Wilders’ comments were strongly worded and even offensive, but we are not aware of any claim that he has committed or tried to commit violence against Muslims or anybody else. He simply spoke his mind about a serious issue, whether or not one embraces whatever he proposed.