This post by Pieter from Peaktalk is worth reproducing in full. Read it and you will see why:

“Yesterday I highlighted that Theo van Gogh’s mother during her victim impact statement mentioned that she was deeply grieved that the city council for Oost/Watergraafsmeer (the part of Amsterdam where Theo lived and was killed), did not want to see a monument for the slain moviemaker because it might create “unrest”. This kind of behavior is actually one or two levels below the already depraved ruling to not display your national flag as it might “offend” immigrants. In light of Van Gogh’s career and violent death it’s a baffling display of relativism and a slap in the face of his memory. No wonder Mrs. Van Gogh was so upset. But guess what? Within a day the local council reversed its course, proving that impact statements do sometimes have an impact. They have resolved to no longer object to the monument and have offered their apologies to Mrs. Van Gogh. Fine? Well, no. The fact that elected officials seriously contemplated to bar this memorial tells you once more that if moral resolve is going to be one of the defining factors in the war against terror some countries have already pretty much lost.”

Yup.