The Netherlands Has Idiots Too

More confirmation that liberalism is a mental disorder.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A Dutch court refused on Monday to ban a political party of pedophiles that seeks the right to lower the age of sexual consent to 12. The judge said it was the voters' right to judge the appeal of political parties. The party, which has only three known members, is very unlikely ever to win a seat in parliament -- it would need around 60,000 votes, and pollsters estimate it would get fewer than a thousand. But opponents had asked The Hague District Court to bar the party from registering for national elections in November, arguing that children have the right not to be confronted with the party's platform. "Freedom of expression, freedom ... of association, including the freedom to set up a political party, can be seen as the basis for a democratic society," Judge H. Hofhuis said in his ruling. "These freedoms give citizens the opportunity to, for example, use a political party to appeal for change to the constitution, law, or policy." He noted that the PNVD party, the Dutch abbreviation of Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity, had not committed a crime, but was calling for a change in the law.

If you think this is just another example of European insanity, you'd be wrong. Our own Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has advocated lowering the age of consent to 12. She would also like to see prostitution legalized. She's getting a little long in the tooth (73), so she may not live to see her dream of 12-year-old prostitutes on every street corner.