Earlier this week I alluded to the church vs. state aspect in the German brothel affair and Tigerhawk - who is also guestblogging over at the Belmont Club - has taken some time to analyze its broader implications. He asks:

Of course, we might be reading far too much into this incident. It might just be the unreasoned objections of the mob to identification with a house of prostitution. Do we hope that is true and ignore this incident, or do we defend the pimp in order to learn whether the implications of this small story are of political and geopolitical significance?

We defend the pimp and continue to travel the learning curve of Muslim extremism.