Hi Chris, > [Platt] > > I'm all in favor of trying isolationism again. There's only one > problem. > > Who will defend the intellectual rights of free speech, freedom of > > religion, freedom of assembly, trial by jury, habeas corpus, government > by > > consent, etc.? The rest of the world seems bent on appeasement, just > as > > Europe did during the rise of Hitler and later while threatened by > Russian > > communism. Even now Europeans stand idly by while Muslims, rejecting > > Western values and refusing to assimilate, occupy their countries. > But, > > what the hell? If you're a multi-culturist, it makes no difference > whose > > regime you live under. All are equally moral. Pirsig may be the only > > intellectual left who believes multi-culturism is bullcrap. "A culture > > that > > supports the dominance of social values over biological values is an > > absolutely superior culture to one that does not, and a culture that > > supports the dominance of intellectual values over social values is > > absolutely superior to one that does not." (Lila, 24) But, who pays > any > > attention to Pirsig anyway? Just a few of us "cult" members. > > I also think that we must protect all the Good things we have against more > reactionary social level dominated cultures. I think most of Europe is > doing > that though, the best they can without sparking racism or acting > imperialistic - because, you know, that's the stuff that gets towers > blown > up.
Fear of sparking racism or acting imperialistic should not deter Europe or anyone else from doing what is right, e.g., defending intellectual rights. There's no excuse for terrorism. Platt 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/
