tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post6647469210258638267..comments2023-11-05T01:45:58.784-07:00Comments on The Hesperado: Islam studies before the "Great Inhibition"Hesperadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-63869080319516794292014-09-29T13:10:51.162-07:002014-09-29T13:10:51.162-07:00Thanks Dave, I agree with nearly everything you sa...Thanks Dave, I agree with nearly everything you said, but I also remembered what Egghead reminded me of -- namely, that this ideological constellation of Relativism, Diversity and Equality is really not relativistic, diverse or equal at all, but absolutist, conformist and unequal. What they really want to do is get back at the white Judaeo-Christian West and "right the wrongs" they think the West is guilty of -- a perpetual Wrong with a perpetual prescription of correction, apparently (revealing that deep down it's not a pragmatic ethical concern at all but an essentialist (even Gnostic) hatred for the established order). Your comment did imply this with your observation that everyone needs an ideology, including the Leftists. Another way I put it (recently in a comment at Jihad Watch, apropos of a Leftist professor at an American university who basically tried to argue that "we are no better than" the ISIS beheaders:<br /><br />http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/09/nyu-prof-myles-standish-beheaded-too-were-all-as-savage-as-the-islamic-state/comment-page-1#comment-1127121<br />Hesperadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-75814645573458164082014-09-28T22:53:29.057-07:002014-09-28T22:53:29.057-07:00The last thing that our current dear leaders and t...The last thing that our current dear leaders and their wives want - or our former dear leaders and their wives wanted - or our future dear leaders and their wives want is to be 'equal' to the common man.<br /><br />No, our dear leaders want and fully intend to be far above the common man - and they want the common man to acutely feel that difference - which is to be borne with neither comment nor complaint in the new one world order feudal system being imposed with an iron hand as we speak.Eggheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-4103012871106694562014-09-28T15:02:23.154-07:002014-09-28T15:02:23.154-07:00Bullseye as usual, Hesp! In my opinion, its the fa...Bullseye as usual, Hesp! In my opinion, its the fallacy of humanism; "all humans are equally good", that leads the West to make this colossal error in judgement when it comes to all things Islamic.<br /><br />It's difficult for the average, somewhat brainwashed Westerner to come to terms with the fact that not everybody is as educated, cultured, and well-intentioned as he is. That's why the Left continually says "Muslims eat, talk, walk, and sleep the same as you do. As such, their intentions are no different than yours!" And to say otherwise would be to contradict the great myth of "All humans are created equal", something which is sacrosanct in their world view.<br /><br /> Ironically enough, the super-atheistic humanistic crowd is willing to be just as irrational as any religious fanatic (such as knee-jerk silencing "unconventional" views a priori) in order to safeguard that principle. That shows, in my opinion at least, that every human has to have some sort of ideology. No matter how much material wealth, whether it be the oil in the Middle East or stacks of dollar bills in the West, will sate that spiritual hunger.<br /><br />It's an inexplicable need, and what differentiates between humans and animals. Give an animal food, shelter, and water, and it'll be perfectly happy. Not so with a human. The way it seems to me, humans view material goods as a means to a ideological end, whatever that ideology may be. A person can temporarily blind himself to the truth of his spiritual needs, but he'll always believe in something.<br /><br />Now the big question is, what to believe in? For me, as a proud Jew in Israel, it's Judaism. But I think each person should go with whatever floats his boat, as long as its not harmful to others. If it is harmful, then it should be (and in the grand scheme of things, eventually is. Like the pagan cults of old with their barbaric rituals) promptly purged from civilization.<br /><br />Shanah Tovah (Happy New Year for those non Hebrew speakers), DaveDavenoreply@blogger.com