tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post5909645857282729737..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Spring? In What Sense?Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-39247392640553733452011-09-12T19:35:42.129-06:002011-09-12T19:35:42.129-06:00What was it? I'm serious. After posting this b...What was it? I'm serious. After posting this before five (whatever the blog post time stamp says, it's knackered), I worked feverishly on a document I am preparing for four hours and attended to a continually-awake baby ever since, until now (8:30 pm in this time zone). This post is already a distant memory!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-43389023935172454372011-09-12T17:42:16.694-06:002011-09-12T17:42:16.694-06:00Rats, you fixed the "indecent" typo befo...Rats, you fixed the "indecent" typo before I could comment on it.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-47311546343953210322011-09-12T11:32:52.219-06:002011-09-12T11:32:52.219-06:00Much of the problem is wishful thinking, made dang...Much of the problem is wishful thinking, made dangerous by a failure to appreciate the motivating role of philosophical ideas or the predominant nature of the ideology of Islam.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-47014387621453210572011-09-12T11:26:42.660-06:002011-09-12T11:26:42.660-06:00Gus,
I'm perplexed as to how anyone who has ...Gus, <br /><br />I'm perplexed as to how anyone who has lived a day in his life and is not a Leftist or a NeoCon could have expected post Mubarak Egypt to be anything other than a Sharia dominated, Infidel-hating movement. The whole premise of removing Mubarak is that there was a pro "democracy" movement afoot. That should immediately give one cause for expecting the worst because the term "democracy" reveals that anyone who uses it is an idiot - plain and simple. As Ed Cline so brilliantly put it: Democracy + Islam = Jihad. <br /><br />That's what the movement in Egypt is really all about. It is not any "Arab Spring". It is the continuation of the Jihad revivalism which has been going on for over 100 years. What is the first thing that the Egyptians have done since their "lust for democracy"? That's right. Attempt to kill Jews. As they must because it is dictated by their religion. <br /><br />All democracy does is unleash the mob. What do mobs of Muslims believe in? Only one thing. Islam. And Islam is constitutionally violent and inherently warlike. I don't see how non-Leftists and non-NeoCons can't see this after our experience with Muslim belligerence 10 years since 9/11.madmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375140131881725965noreply@blogger.com