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DAVID WARREN: Paris in the fall
A cold, heartless person, such as myself, would observe that the death toll in yesterday's terror strikes across Paris aggregated to about one downed airliner. This is certainly news, but not on the scale the media are reporting. The attackers wanted a lot of attention. The media have provided it for them. ... Ditto, the innumerable declarations of "Solidarity with France!" from the preening politicians, all over the world. With all this publicity, they want some for themselves. My compliments to President Obama, who in the course of one of his posturing displays, at least said he had not called President Hollande, guessing the man did not need distractions. ("Those who think they can terrorize France are wrong," he said: the contrary being obviously true.) ...Don't get me wrong; Islamic terrorists should be squashed like bugs. But this should be done as discreetly as possible. Indeed, I don't mind if they are not Islamic: any similar enemy should be dealt with the same. But our publicity is their recruiting device; and in practice, it is the means by which -- in multicultural political correctness -- the Muslim community is accorded ever greater "respect." ...In practice this would not work, however, owing to the law of alliances. ("The enemy of my enemy is my friend.") For the Western liberal, and the Muslim psychopath, have something more deeply to share: opposition to what remains of Christian civilization. The one might promote sexual perversion, the other stone it; the one wants women stripped of their modesty, while the other wants them in sacks; but their respective radicals make common cause on every university campus. It is a matter of indifference to the Devil which tactics to employ. Whatever works. His object is to undermine human decency. ...They wanted publicity. So we gave them publicity. We give them whatever they want. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-15 |
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