tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post3312855784557513752..comments2023-10-21T08:02:56.571-07:00Comments on No Dhimmitude: ScarDaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-70624604419043475052008-01-22T21:18:00.000-08:002008-01-22T21:18:00.000-08:00V.V., as you see, I published your comment. I came...V.V., as you see, I published your comment. I came close for the first time in the long course of this endeavor to refusing to publish. However, here it is. <BR/><BR/>My reasons for feeling unsettled about the comment? It is all too plain what the post at Gates of Vienna is about. It is also clear that anyone who goes to said place above will be going for only one reason. It's that to which I object, sort of. <BR/><BR/>I am not going to sanction extra-parliamentary opposition within the confines of legitimate nations, i.e. Western democracies. I'll go even further at the risk of pissing-off my numerous reader, whoever he might be: I cannot sanction extra-parliamentary opposition if it violates our nation's or nations' treaties with hostile sovereign nations or their citizens-- within the bounds of our laws. <BR/><BR/>I'm posting your comment with the full expectation that those reading it will understand that it is meant as a call to arms only in a metaphorical sense at this time. <BR/><BR/>Having made that point, I will also write that outside the bounds of our laws and our lawful states and outside the bounds of our protection of others by treaty, fuck 'em to death any way possible. <BR/><BR/>Our government failed us after 9/11 because our people failed us by not demanding war against those who waged war on us. We as a people have not agreed to wage war on our enemies, and until we do I can't take it upon myself legitimately to wage that war on my own without violating the pact, the covenant, of my membership in this collective union of individuals. I cannot rightly bring discredit on my own people by violating their agreement to do nothing positive. Yes, it hurts to stand by while we are attacked and beaten. But as a member of this communion I have no right to move against my own even in their defense nor in my own abstract defense. Yes, of course I see what's happening and others do not. My task then is to show others rather than to take it upon myself to wage war on our enemies. Our government won't wage war because we fail to make our government act rightly. I abide by the evil choices of our own, hating it as I do. <BR/><BR/>You know, of course, that that's not my full position. It is, to sum up, that we have no moral obligation to die gratuitously at the behest of the government. Nor do we have to obey the positive laws of an illegitimate government, i.e. a government that practices sharia. If we were to find ourselves in a state that required us to forego our own good values for the sake of abiding the evils of another land, then we are duty-bound to act to preserve ourselves. <BR/><BR/>I've written before and even often, that it is a moral and legitimate position to filibuster for universal Modernity. My only objection to doing so universally is one of obeying our own laws or of not violating our laws elsewhere. If we don't violate our own laws and if we don't violate our own principles, then I would suggest we act in full favor of the Good. <BR/><BR/>There are sticky points in international law concerning those who wage war without the legal sanction of lawful states in a legitimate state of belligerence. If you fight another nation when you are not part of a lawful nation's military, and if you are not in proper uniform, then if captured you will be shot on the spot as a mercenary, and to my mind, rightly so. The same does not hold true for those on our soil: we allow them constitutional protections given to our own. Too bad for us. But, we deal with the realities at hand. One is that others are not so generous as we, and if captured as mercenaries, expect to be summarily executed without remorse. <BR/><BR/>This brings me to a point many might not think a worthy of our filibuster: that to make any of our effort worthwhile as well as worthy of the man himself we must look upon ourselves not merely as people doing God's work in the world but as men and women who are out to make it rich. I offer this as my best point for engaging Islam outside the legal boundaries of our democracies and protected client-states: That our enemies have waged unprovoked war on us, and that w in turn should fight them at every lawful junction for the sake of the Moral and also to make a lot of cash and goods. <BR/><BR/>Are we to be thieves and murderers? I argue that self-interest in war is a good thing. If citizens fight a nation for the moral right, they should also fight for livelihood. If there were a notion beyond the legal Pale, which I can't claim to know of, I would feel fine in looting and burning till my heart was content-- if that nation's people are my enemies, and if my government is not allied with them in some legal way. <BR/><BR/>So your comment goes up. I trust my readers to understand the discussion as one of speculation rather than some ill-tempered rant urging crime against the innocent. At some point people are responsible for their own ideas, and they can't really blame those ideas on others. I hope and expect that others will do the right thing, and in that I will back them to the best of my abilities.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I like Grand Forks, a lovely place. Maybe I'll see you there.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-7509025366903674832008-01-22T17:30:00.000-08:002008-01-22T17:30:00.000-08:00The Covenant Zoners should get in touch with Frank...The Covenant Zoners should get in touch with Frank Hilliard, the dour-looking gentleman from Grand Forks, B.C., who is <A HREF="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/network-of-arms.html#c6025922125803695244" REL="nofollow">keen to be part of the tourism business</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-80592221377121877082008-01-21T23:14:00.000-08:002008-01-21T23:14:00.000-08:00Greetings, Visitor.It's funny that I came across t...Greetings, Visitor.<BR/><BR/>It's funny that I came across that post a few days ago by chance, not often venturing so far afield as the Gates of Vienna. But I went, and I spotted that title and I read the post. <BR/><BR/>I write on this theme on occasion, having up something long ago on the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, and more recently something on the Flying Tigers from World War Two. <BR/><BR/>The point is that we are people who should extend ourselves. All people should do so if they are capable. I posted early in my career here the Melian Dialogue. I wrote another on Euripides, one on William Walker, and something on "Let's invade Sweden." I'm consistent, if nothing else. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I am big on sports. That might be why I despise Islam and Left dhimmi fascism so deeply. There's no sportsmanship in them. <BR/><BR/>I'll have to sit back for a while now and think through how to elaborate on that, likely having darkened every readers understanding of what I'm trying to get across. Time and a bit of thinking might bring out something I can fell OK about posting here. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the thought provoking.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-45163872815267943352008-01-21T00:50:00.000-08:002008-01-21T00:50:00.000-08:00Dag,You mentioned tourism to me a few weeks ago. L...Dag,<BR/><BR/>You mentioned tourism to me a few weeks ago. Looks like <A HREF="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/01/network-of-arms.html" REL="nofollow">something of the sort is starting</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-11440517710393660212008-01-20T19:47:00.000-08:002008-01-20T19:47:00.000-08:00"Bravo." Spanish for "wild." I like it. I reread t..."Bravo." Spanish for "wild." I like it. I reread the post just now, and I like it too. I forgot what I wrote s soon as I posted it, having had a busy day, having to move on immediately to other things; but in reading it today with fresh eyes I like it too. It is good to punch out an arsehole. Even in th e short-term it saves a lot of grief, and in the long-term it will save whole nations from destruction if only we figure it out in time to stop ourselves from going crazy and pummeling the bastards.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm having a nice time with normal people who get along nicely in the world. It's just like real living.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144649.post-27933496856719554412008-01-20T12:34:00.000-08:002008-01-20T12:34:00.000-08:00BRAVO!BRAVO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com