tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1493261458210463410..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Are Islamic Terrorists Crazy, Evil, or Developmentally Arrested? Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45997498665104627262015-01-10T19:43:42.854-08:002015-01-10T19:43:42.854-08:00Always hard to know whether liberals are lying, cr...Always hard to know whether liberals are lying, crazy, or just stupid.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10326608371876100402015-01-10T18:45:43.219-08:002015-01-10T18:45:43.219-08:00One more thing on the Muslim vs. Christian terror:...One more thing on the Muslim vs. Christian terror: This Anonymous found a link that mentioned ten events that could loosely be ascribed to nuts acting according to their interpretation of their faith over the past twenty years. Some of them very loosely. I'm sure if there were more that were more clearly Christian, we'd be hearing about it pretty much constantly.<br /><br />Meanwhile, just in 2014, <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/attacks-2014.htm" rel="nofollow">here's a list of Muslim attacks of record</a>. According to Maggie's Farm, this list shows 3,000 events with a death toll of 32,004, or about 88 people per day. Most of which we don't hear about, because the MSM are so certain there's going to be a big anti-Muslim backlash, and gosh we wouldn't want any Muslims to get hurt or feel unwelcome because of their diverse religion.<br /><br />But yeah, Christians are totally just as horrible.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52956340374449182052015-01-10T16:14:53.767-08:002015-01-10T16:14:53.767-08:00One thing that would surely assist in defending ag...One thing that would surely assist in defending against Muslim nuts is for the U.S. to cease it's alliance with Saudi Arabia, and the covert use of their jihadis to fight other wars over the years. Let's make them enemies and see what happens.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23987527911867495602015-01-10T07:52:51.579-08:002015-01-10T07:52:51.579-08:00I also read somewhere that the "superiority&q...I also read somewhere that the "superiority" of Islamic culture up to the 13th century or what ever it was, was because they hadn't yet killed, converted, or expelled all the Jews and Christians. In other words, it took awhile for Islam to exhaust the intellectual and moral capital it had inherited from its conquests, just as it is taking the left time to run the bank accounts dry. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13719145545675440772015-01-10T07:41:27.404-08:002015-01-10T07:41:27.404-08:00There are also those bonehead liberals -- such as ...There are also those bonehead liberals -- such as our own anonymous -- who like to pull out Biblical passages condoning violence. <br /><br />Along these lines, some people have said that Islam needs a reformation, but the real problem is that it needs a Church to interpret the revelation in its totality and place problematic passages in a larger context. But that horse has long since left the barn, since Islam is, as Chesterton wrote, just a Christian heresy -- like a very early and very deviant protestant rebellion in which each man is free to interpret scripture in his own way. Therefore, there is nothing whatsoever preventing a man from simply taking the Koran literally, since there has never been a higher centralized authority to tell him not to. Indeed, whereas the Church selected the books of the NT based on a traditional understanding that was already in place, a man produced the Koran. BIG difference. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55582646902366673902015-01-10T07:33:57.565-08:002015-01-10T07:33:57.565-08:00One little thing these liberal geniuses overlook i...One little thing these liberal geniuses overlook in equating Muslim terror to "Christian terror" is that the world spends trillions of dollars trying to stop the former, but virtually nothing to stop the latter except for routine policing. Now, imagine if the situation were reversed, and we spent so much time and resources trying to stop the rare crazy who thinks he's a Christian, while letting Muslims do what they want. I think the world would last about a week.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2266498531949793702015-01-10T06:41:29.106-08:002015-01-10T06:41:29.106-08:00Hi Jules!
Actually, although there are a lot of ...Hi Jules! <br /><br />Actually, although there are a lot of sections indicating the death penalty to be administered by the priests, the part I was referencing was quite different. For context, this was during the consecration of the Tabernacle: they had been following the cloud of the Divine Presence - the same one that parted the Red Sea, and perched on the mountain so Moses could come up and have a chat. It was made quite clear earlier that anyone besides Moses getting too close would be fried. There was nothing personal or juridical in it, anymore than telling someone they shouldn't play with radioactive rocks.<br /><br />In that context, then, Aaron was the high priest and he and his sons had been consecrated to the priesthood. The next step was to build and consecrate the Tabernacle, so that the Divine Presence could dwell in their midst when they weren't on the move. The two oldest sons, while consecrating the tabernacle, lit incense either at the wrong time or in the wrong way ("offered strange fire"), and the Divine Presence killed them (Leviticus 10). Because Aaron had been consecrated and they were in the middle of something very important, he was essentially told not to react, lest the entire congregation die in the same way.<br /><br />So, not just a question of excess religious zeal, it was more like a question of doing the right sequence to avoid a nuclear meltdown.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47471106536047859772015-01-10T06:32:23.987-08:002015-01-10T06:32:23.987-08:00NY Times bureau chief: "Some call for an extr... NY Times bureau chief: "Some call for an extreme use of force to respond to Paris attacks, but school shootings in US have killed more and US leaders do nothing."<br /><br />Credentialled morons like this need to have rotten eggs thrown at them, literally. <br />DOes that mean that we need to go and round up single mothers, because a large number of crazed killers are from this background ? what are you saying mr NY times moron ? <br /><br />DO school killers attend religious schools, hear sermons, surf websites, go to training camps and come from communities where their actions are applauded by a sizable minority (40% of UK Muslims wld like sharia law to be applied in the UK) , have a logistics network for training weapns etc ??<br />No they dont. <br /><br />France shld use the Israeli approach : tanks surrounding mosques or in muslim neighbourhoods, targeted assasinations etc. Not going to happen. Hence why so many french jews are immigrating to Israel. Maybe native french will do the same as they become yellow star jews in their own country, with the complicity of the socialist scum in the govmt and elsewhere. <br /><br />i Agree with this lady:<br />Claire Berlinski @ClaireBerlinski<br /><br />Let me use the words I am not allowed to use on Ricochet. You motherfuckers. We will kill you. Every one of you. Believe it. #JeSuisCharlieJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119193175145977768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50379494109993030282015-01-10T06:09:47.982-08:002015-01-10T06:09:47.982-08:00"but making a mistake wasn't just a no-no..."but making a mistake wasn't just a no-no, it was generally met with instant death. Kind of like handling a live lightning bolt. Everything had to be perfect."<br /><br />Kind of like tbe new puritans/ theocratic crazies of the left - wear the wrong tshirt and you hate women, make a joke about a minority and you are a genocidal maniac. <br /><br />NIce to see movies like "hunger games " and "divergent" where "perfect" societies are show to be not so perfect. Is this the sign that youth will begin to question their brainwashing and brain implants ? <br /><br />Re smiling at strangers - the same is true in France. I think it's a legacy of having a long and bloody history of wars and such. The sign of being "old europe"... grumpy and always seing the other as a potential problem rather than the American way of seeing him as a potential partner in business or friendship. <br />(see Patrick Baudry "Francais Americains" which contrasts the 2 cuktures and says coutries such as France have major developmental hangups which prevent progress, economic and social)<br /><br /> in born again europe (czech republic etc) the young are changing this cultureJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119193175145977768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15016139669230668602015-01-09T11:15:44.269-08:002015-01-09T11:15:44.269-08:00Thanks for the queue, Van. Pretty sure it died wit...Thanks for the queue, Van. Pretty sure it died with Elvis. And, there was nothing before Elvis.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9029520934939399332015-01-09T09:50:55.027-08:002015-01-09T09:50:55.027-08:00Julie said "...I'm thinking of the part w...Julie said "...I'm thinking of the part where Aaron's sons were struck dead for using incense the wrong way during the dedication of the Tabernacle..."<br /><br />Not to peg the wacko meter (sorry jawn), but I remember seeing a quote attributed to the electrical wiz Tesla, that when he read that section, he supposedly got very excited and looking at the materials and measurements, said that they'd been setting up a generator, something about the silks & such, and any error would electrocute the technician....<br /><br />Of course it all died with him. <br />Or. ..did. ..it. ...<br />(Dum dum dommm!)<br /><br />Ok jawn, back to you. <br /><br />Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45990474687572488332015-01-09T09:35:30.396-08:002015-01-09T09:35:30.396-08:00Not that there's anything wrong with it.Not that there's anything wrong with it.Mohammadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10996743021051964512015-01-09T09:32:45.373-08:002015-01-09T09:32:45.373-08:00Even if Islam were to magically moderate for 500 y...Even if Islam were to magically moderate for 500 years, the invitation to violence will always be just below the surface. As also, the invitation to wed 9 year olds.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84500914433820216252015-01-09T09:28:47.499-08:002015-01-09T09:28:47.499-08:00I would say that the key difference, going forward...I would say that the key difference, going forward, between Islamic and Christian terrorism, is that one searches in vain in the New Testament for justifications of violence. In the Koran, which is flawless, according to Muslims, you find several. In the Hadith, plenty more, from the perfect man.<br />Hopefully, as Christianity takes deeper root, we will see an end to the gratuitous state sponsored violence of Christians against Christians.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76241583171864682722015-01-09T09:24:47.384-08:002015-01-09T09:24:47.384-08:00I can't tell - is that stank new troll smell, ...I can't tell - is that stank new troll smell, or is it just an old one that's been mouldering for a bit?The Velvet Cluebatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12269363815166047962015-01-09T09:11:28.072-08:002015-01-09T09:11:28.072-08:00Let me Google that for you.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism" rel="nofollow">Let me Google</a> <a href="http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/10-worst-terror-attacks-extreme-christians-and-far-right-white-men" rel="nofollow">that for you</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17090124532245341792015-01-09T09:09:56.070-08:002015-01-09T09:09:56.070-08:00I can imagine communism fostered both a serf menta...I can imagine communism fostered both a serf mentality, but also, for those who opposed it, a very individual psychological type, as the difficulty in opposing it would be severe.<br />I've heard people say that to understand the Russian mind, one must read Solzenisten's Gulag Archipelago.<br />Has anyone here read 'Everyday Saints'? Really impressive stories and very hopeful in terms of Russian Orthodox spirituality.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797912120688482383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23629746739030236072015-01-09T08:57:59.529-08:002015-01-09T08:57:59.529-08:00But that is a work of fiction; though Scruton live...But that is a work of fiction; though Scruton lived in Czechoslovak during the period in the novel.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19329351153433968342015-01-09T08:34:21.116-08:002015-01-09T08:34:21.116-08:00Re "Definitely a lack of trust, and trust is ...Re "Definitely a lack of trust, and trust is the grease of capitalism. Hard to know how much of the paranoia and distrust are a residue of communism, though. Then again, clannish people often give the stink-eye to outsiders, so it may be partly that as well."<br /><br />Which recalls this book by Scruton, which I have but haven't reached in the stack yet:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Underground-Roger-Scruton/dp/0825307287" rel="nofollow">Notes from Underground</a>Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80386595374932617082015-01-09T08:06:12.964-08:002015-01-09T08:06:12.964-08:00More anthropological. More anthropological. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11285553298032900352015-01-09T07:50:36.087-08:002015-01-09T07:50:36.087-08:00Bob
Banfield looks interesting, but I have to run...Bob<br /><br />Banfield looks interesting, but I have to run. More clinical than Dalrymple on the same subject?Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9917241648447075012015-01-09T07:49:15.594-08:002015-01-09T07:49:15.594-08:00Julie
Contemporary Polish composers tend to be re...Julie<br /><br />Contemporary Polish composers tend to be red pill types. The opening of the film KATYN (by Wajda) has similarly intense, nearly unbearable music by Penderecki. I'll never watch the film again -- it was devastating, so once was enough.<br /><br />Our grandchildren (I hope) will understand who the real masters of ca. 2015 music really were. It stuns me that Haydn's last sane, pretty, rational music was written while cannons were bombarding his city. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46476097500670836902015-01-09T07:43:33.997-08:002015-01-09T07:43:33.997-08:00Bob, there's so much to grok in this post of y...Bob, there's so much to grok in this post of yours, and it ramifies in so many directions, that I sometimes find it difficult to comment.<br /><br />"the attainment of historical continuity is a developmental achievement that is impossible in PS. It is impossible because there is no autonomous "self" (or a very weak one) above the impulses and emotions."<br /><br />Yes, historical continuity is a function of understanding and management. The PS position does not achieve sufficient distance to make either of those things possible. <br /><br />So it seems certain things are necessary, but they're not sufficient. There's plenty of "distance" in Critical Race Theory, for instance. What's also necessary is what Scruton calls oikophilia, the love for home. It's an inelegant word, but the alternatives either aren't clear or too freighted with disagreements.<br /><br />Many millennials are children of broken homes. How do you foster a sense of oikophilia in people who have never experienced an oikos?<br /><br />I fear that ship has long sailed. Our massive urban centers are chaotic, postmodern, quasi-totalitarian nightmares. That's the norm, not the exception.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52218752904709775052015-01-09T07:37:17.214-08:002015-01-09T07:37:17.214-08:00Magister - reminds me of Rites of Spring, the Fant...Magister - reminds me of <i>Rites of Spring</i>, the Fantasia version where the world was being formed and then ripped apart by volcanoes.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41479789255074717902015-01-09T07:20:05.901-08:002015-01-09T07:20:05.901-08:00Moral Basis of a Backward Society, I mean.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/moral-basis-backward-society/dp/B0006AVIZ0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420816722&sr=1-1&keywords=banfield+moral+development" rel="nofollow">Moral Basis of a Backward Society</a>, I mean.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com