Hi Ham, [Ham] > I "feel your pain", Platt. Like you, I also lament America's drift from > the > constitutional republic laid out by our Founding Fathers. Appeasement was > certainly not one of their principles, and they could not have foreseen > the > multiculturalism that would infest the free world. Rather than returning > to > isolationism, though, I tend to side with the "America First" philosophy > of > Pat Buchanan and Newt Gingrich. A nation has to look out for itself just > as > an individual does. And that means accepting moral and fiscal > responsibilty > for happenings within its borders and never overextending its resources in > foreign causes. I think we have failed on both counts. > > Multiculturalism in the U.S. was fostered by the Supreme Court's outlawing > of school segregation in 1954 and became "politically correct" following > the > Civil Rights revolution and liberalization of immigration laws in the > mid-60s. The object, of course, is to render society colorblind to > cultural > and racial differences. In effect, it alters our traditional value system > to make discrimination in any form immoral. Thus, all people are viewed > as > equal and no nation is culturally superior to any other.
Equality of people before the law is an intellectually inspired "right" that I support. But laws that discriminate on the basis of race, like affirmative action, violate this "right" and are just another step towards tyranny. (Remember forced busing?) As for cultural superiority, I agree with Pirsig that some cultures are definitely better than others. > In an Ayn Rand Institute paper on Diversity and Multiculturalism, the > authors describe this campus-driven movement as "The New Racism": > > "Advocates of "diversity" claim that because the real world is diverse, > the > campus should reflect that fact. But why should a campus population > "reflect" the general population (particularly the ethnic population)? No > answer. In fact, the purpose of a university is to impart knowledge and > develop reasoning, not to be a demographic mirror of society. > > "Racism, not any meaningful sense of diversity, guides today's > intellectuals. The educationally significant diversity that exists in "the > real world" is intellectual diversity, i.e., the diversity of ideas. But > such diversity - far from being sought after - is virtually forbidden on > campus. The existence of "political correctness" blasts the academics' > pretense at valuing real diversity. What they want is abject > conformity." Notice our academic friends on the left do not respond to these observations. > Frankly, I don't see this as a contest for biological, social or > intellectual dominance. I see it as a diminution of value sensibility and > discriminative judgment, which is the very core of individual freedom. If > there is any truth to the "globalist conspiracy", this would be its > strategy: 1) indoctrinate the masses to the immorality of thinking for > themselves so that they become dependents of the state; 2) encourage > immigration of Third World populations into developed nations who will > then > acquiesce to the multicultural differences; and 3) abolish the sovereignty > of nation-states. We've already taken major strides toward toward > achieving > the first two steps. Do you suppose that if the world's most powerful > nation were to elect a president with a globalist agenda backed by > international support, he might just pull it off? Yep -- the sum of all fears is about to occur. Regards, Platt . > > Happy Election Day! > Ham > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
