tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post114204298914435317..comments2023-10-21T08:02:56.571-07:00Comments on No Dhimmitude: No Ban on Hate Qur'anDaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142194098316124672006-03-12T12:08:00.000-08:002006-03-12T12:08:00.000-08:00The only way the West can be saved It is among the...The only way the West can be saved <BR/><BR/>It is among the evils, and perhaps is not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel, before they will see. When this happens, they are roused to action—hence it is that this form of government is so slow.—George Washington to Henry Knox, 8 March 1787.<BR/><BR/>The wages of sin is death, and the wages of long-standing indifference to the informing genius of a culture is—not just the death of the culture, but the pain and fright that attend death.—L. Brent Bozell, Mustard Seeds<BR/><BR/>I keep saying that the West must endure much more suffering and horror, many more surrenders and losses, before it will abandon its liberalism and start to defend itself from Islam—if it ever does. But no matter how many times I’ve said this, I realize I haven’t yet got to the core of the problem.<BR/>We must focus our attention on the fact that the key to this unfolding disaster is LIBERALISM. I am not speaking of liberalism in the classical sense, as constraints on the power of government, as free speech and free inquiry, as a single rule of law for all citizens, as individual rights. Nor I am not speaking of liberalism in the New Deal sense, as the use of government to correct imbalances in the economy. I am speaking of liberalism in its pure, modern sense, the sense in which it is most authoritative and active for us today—liberalism as non-discrimination, liberalism as non-judgmentalism, liberalism as the belief that individual rights and individual freedoms constitute the defining content of our society, the principle that rules all other principles. All of which comes down to the belief—for us, a sacred belief—that we must not define ourselves as a group, a collective whole, and therefore must not define any other group as fundamentally different from our group. <BR/><BR/>This is the belief that led the West to admit millions of unassimilable, hostile, and dangerous aliens into the West, and this is the belief that even now makes it impossible for Westerners to think critical thoughts about Islam as such, let alone to take effective action, or even imagine taking effective action, against it. In April 2001 I wrote an article called “America No Longer Exists,” by which I meant that America no longer sees itself as a nation, culture, and people, and therefore is unable to respond to obvious threats to itself as a nation, culture, and people. The same state of spiritual non-existence is much further advanced in Europe, especially Britain. Liberalism, by taking over the minds and hearts and souls of the Western peoples, has literally dissolved them as peoples. Having done so, it is now leading them to their political and civilizational destruction as well . <BR/><BR/>Now, what can turn this hideous situation around? There is only one thing that can do it: Westerners must feel the horror that liberalism has wrought. When they see their societies progressively taken over by Muslims, when they see Muslim sharia being implanted and enforced in more and more parts of their country, when they see Islam being taught in their children’s schools and promulgated in the mass media, when they see Muslim imams in the councils of state, when they hear the Muslims’ increasingly strident demands for every more Islamization, when they see Muslim razzias (a.k.a. riots and “random” murders) grow in intensity and audacity, when they see the government paralyzed even in the face of the most palpable crimes and threats, and when, most importantly, they feel the horror and despair and pain and humiliation of all this, and when, finally, they see that this situation was brought about by and is sustained by LIBERALISM, by the liberal belief that the acceptance of alien cultures is the highest virtue of society, then, only at that point, they will see that LIBERALISM, which they had imagined to be the fairest good, is the darkest and most disgusting evil, the smiling destroyer that has seduced them to their ruin. Then, and only then, will they be ready to repent of their liberalism and start defending themselves and their civilization.Hellpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739265457465705580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142186969121478662006-03-12T10:09:00.000-08:002006-03-12T10:09:00.000-08:00Atlanticus, I think you're missing some important ...Atlanticus, I think you're missing some important details from your otherwise brilliant argument, details like reality and truth. But I do quibble, don't I?<BR/><BR/>Silly me.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142185594387510352006-03-12T09:46:00.000-08:002006-03-12T09:46:00.000-08:00"The Qur'an is a work full of blood and destructio..."The Qur'an is a work full of blood and destruction and death"<BR/><BR/>Just like the Bible...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142108798789010612006-03-11T12:26:00.000-08:002006-03-11T12:26:00.000-08:00I lived in Israel during a time when the topic of ...I lived in Israel during a time when the topic of popular debate was whether, having already had concerts of Wagner music should there next be a performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana? The pitch was hurtful to the ear. <BR/><BR/>Yes, there were raging demonstrations, a beating that turned my stomach to see, a couple of attempted rapes, homicide bombings at a music hall, snipers shooting at us, a number of bombings that killed civilians and some military personnel.<BR/><BR/>The Israelis struggled through it all continuing to discuss the concert programme. Orff went on to whatever musical appreciation one can find in his noisy nonsense. I went on to Egypt.<BR/><BR/>I lived in Egypt during a time when the topic of popular debate was whether, having already had a discussion whether the label on a Coke bottle is an insult to Muslims, supposedly reading the reverse image it denounces Allah, the puppet parliament should remain closed to forestall further violence erupting from the discussion. <BR/><BR/>All in good form, rather than continue the debate about Coke labels, Egyptian police entrapped, imprisoned, and tortured hapless "homosexuals." Talk of the town.<BR/><BR/>Priorities. You betcha! The men captured were homosexuals, proven because the police raped them. How can good sense be otherwise?<BR/><BR/>And so it is when discussing with Muslims and Leftists. Everything makes perfect sense if only we examine the wishes and dreams through the prisms and kalaidoscopes of an alternate reality. I mean, what's wrong with those of us who don't?<BR/><BR/>****<BR/><BR/>Yes, one must love German democrats hoping to ban books in the name of freedom by going after Muslims. Like Foucault and Derrida as Keystone Kops, Ph. D. I'm falling down laughing.<BR/><BR/>****<BR/><BR/>Burning the Qur'an? I think those infidels in Canada are doing it again. Last time I publicly begged them to stop and posted notices in every Muslim outlet I could find I thought that would be the end of it. But noooo, looks like I have to go back and do it all over again.<BR/><BR/>"I love the smell of the Qur'an burning in the morning. It's the smell of... Victory." <BR/><BR/>I do find though that one needs a 50/50 mix with mesquite charcoal to give the ribs that nice smokey flavour, otherwise the allahs tend to overpower the porkishness with an acridity that I find vaguely distasteful.<BR/><BR/>And the one thing I always remember to do is shake out the dog hair from the Qur'an. Mufti, my dog, tends to chew, and his hairs sometimes cling to the allahs. (Just a tip.)<BR/><BR/>****<BR/><BR/>And feel free to pass along anything here you wish. I'd be more formal about links if I thought we wouldn't quickly be overwhelmed to the point of meaninglessness. There are so many blogs of such high calibre that I could fill a directory with my favourites. Rather than do that I do nothing. We have an embarassment of riches. For me, it's a privilege to be among us all. Whether I give acknowlegement or not in particular cases I am proud to be one of this movement of free people.<BR/><BR/>If we have a history, which is in doubt now, you will be known as heroes. I think few people set out to be heroic. They do what they do, and history judges them so. We are all pretty much normal people in our time, but History will judge you as giants.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142083742411599222006-03-11T05:29:00.000-08:002006-03-11T05:29:00.000-08:00If the Koran is not banned in Israel, why should G...If the Koran is not banned in Israel, why should Germany ban it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142049961971788782006-03-10T20:06:00.000-08:002006-03-10T20:06:00.000-08:00I think your idea, Dag, is a better one. Let's def...I think your idea, Dag, is a better one. Let's defend hate speech. In any case, watching the Germans go at it should be fun. But let's not forget, you can't understand the Koran unless you know the context for each verse with respect to Mohammed's life, the struggles of his time, his vision for the future. In other words, you can only really interpret the book if you;re an educated Muslim, so get lost, German Infidels!truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142048504395146042006-03-10T19:41:00.000-08:002006-03-10T19:41:00.000-08:00Even though, it never gets really that cold here, ...Even though, it never gets really that cold here, I don't believe the koran should be banned. A warm fire is a comforting. BTW Do muslims consider the heat from a burning koran more holy than that from other books?maccusgermanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01887574496312472556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-1142046209427694422006-03-10T19:03:00.000-08:002006-03-10T19:03:00.000-08:00dag..I appreciate you taking the time to explain t...dag..I appreciate you taking the time to explain the "Blue Revolution".<BR/>Do you mind if I linked up to this site?<BR/>Thanks MikeAmerican Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289577534372163973noreply@blogger.com