tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post8201264787651717372..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: The Self-Defenseless WestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-80669242166650825462011-03-14T17:20:26.816-04:002011-03-14T17:20:26.816-04:00Agreed that political correctness is the paralyzin...Agreed that political correctness is the paralyzing factor. However, if Islam can be redefined in the public consciousness as a political ideology (as opposed to a 'peaceful' religion), then parallels to Nazi-ism or other totalitarian ideologies can be drawn. Once the PC is cast aside allowing for open rational debate, then there is a chance that the niqab is removed and Islam is exposed for what it truly is.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469856540435996353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-74281108795071428752011-03-14T16:52:36.453-04:002011-03-14T16:52:36.453-04:00Glenn: The current U.S. political establishment is...Glenn: The current U.S. political establishment is well aware of what's happening to Europe. But it's political correctness that is stopping them from acknowledging it, and a fear of "offending" Muslims. And for many of the politicos, it's a belief in multiculturalism, which they see as a way of destroying the U.S. In terms of "waking up," the Peter King hearing into the "radicalization" of Muslims is but a single half-open eye and it turned out to be a pretty insipid exercise, accomplishing nothing. <br /><br />EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-16148234623251461032011-03-14T11:12:35.123-04:002011-03-14T11:12:35.123-04:00Since the disease of Islam has advanced further in...Since the disease of Islam has advanced further in Europe, could the experiences of Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, etc. serve as a wake-up call to the U.S.? At some point there may be a tipping point where the citizenry of the U.S. will overcome the politically induced paralysis to demand that its leaders counter the ever-increasing threat.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469856540435996353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-39255370579908803942011-03-13T14:36:36.854-04:002011-03-13T14:36:36.854-04:00Although the Soviet Union was an evil empire, it w...Although the Soviet Union was an evil empire, it was not suicidal, so M.A.D. kept it in check. Some of the Islamist regimes, on the other hand, hate life on earth so much that they may not be deterred by M.A.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-40393435104929625092011-03-13T12:31:15.266-04:002011-03-13T12:31:15.266-04:00Revererides: One thing is certain: Things will gro...Revererides: One thing is certain: Things will grow nastier before anything is ever settled. It isn't enough that we have a president determined to Alinsky-ize the country (as it was in Wisconsin); there is the peril of Islam. Non-philosophical "experts" such as Ibrahim, Pipes, Emerson and others are naturally brain-frozen when it comes to fundamental solutions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-42480658832878725042011-03-13T11:44:24.377-04:002011-03-13T11:44:24.377-04:00It may be that recognition that we must learn to r...It may be that recognition that we must learn to rely on reason will be re-awakened in the face of an inescapable threat such as that presented by a caliphate. But at this point it is just as likely that an increased call for "judeo-christian values" and pleas for succor to the "God of Abraham" will dominate the response. <br /><br />If a caliphate is formed, is it likely to remain in a "Cold War" state, controlled by some equivalent of the old "M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)" model of nuclear standoff? This would appear to be Ibrahim's concept of such a future.<br /><br />But given Islamic theological imperative and eschatology, as well as the rate of muslim political infiltration and demographic invasion of the West, that seems unlikely. Recognition may come in the form of confrontation with those who are determined to kill us as stark as was Pearl Harbor, and rational re-awakening may begin with the words, "Live Free or Die".revereridesagainnoreply@blogger.com