5 Feet of Fury

“I don’t allow fanatics to intimidate me”

Danish “Mohammed” cartoonist Kurt Westergaard tells beligerent Muslims to bite it.

When I was young, I experienced fascism and communism. These -isms also created fanatics. So I understand the fanatic. There is one feeling that he doesn’t possess: doubt. Yes, doubt is something very difficult. But in a way it is also a dynamic feeling that changes the world. I don’t allow fanatics to intimidate me. I want to enjoy the rest of my life. I have not changed my attitude: I am still an angry old man, threatened just because he has done his job. (…)

Anger is a very positive feeling when you are threatened. Then you feel that you strike back. So my feeling of anger about being threatened just for doing my job is a good thing.