Halloween is now dead.
Fragment of a discussion from Comments:Belgium passes ban on full face veil
On that note, It seems that the results of recent events like this have amounted to a sea change in Europe's reputation abroad. As recently as 10 years ago, American liberals were waxing enthusiastic about Europe as a model for human rights extolling what they perceived as its virtues of fairness, tolerance and openness. Sadly this is no longer the case.