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| Steyn on One World Government |
| 2006-02-26 |
| Something very remarkable is happening around the globe and, if you want the short version, a Muslim demonstrator in Toronto the other day put it very well: ''We won't stop the protests until the world obeys Islamic law.'' Stated that baldly it sounds ridiculous. But, simply as a matter of fact, every year more and more of the world lives under Islamic law: Pakistan adopted Islamic law in 1977, Iran in 1979, Sudan in 1984. Four decades ago, Nigeria lived under English common law; now, half of it's in the grip of sharia, and the other half's feeling the squeeze, as the death toll from the cartoon jihad indicates. But just as telling is how swiftly the developed world has internalized an essentially Islamic perspective. In their pitiful coverage of the low-level intifada that's been going on in France for five years, the European press has been barely any less loopy than the Middle Eastern media. What, in the end, are all these supposedly unconnected matters from Danish cartoons to the murder of a Dutch filmmaker to gender-segregated swimming sessions in French municipal pools about? Answer: sovereignty. Islam claims universal jurisdiction and always has. The only difference is that they're now acting upon it. The signature act of the new age was the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran: Even hostile states generally respect the convention that diplomatic missions are the sovereign territory of their respective countries. Tehran then advanced to claiming jurisdiction over the citizens of sovereign states and killing them -- as it did to Salman Rushdie's translators and publishers. Now in the cartoon jihad and other episodes, the restraints of Islamic law are being extended piecemeal to the advanced world, by intimidation and violence but also by the usual cooing promotion of a spurious multicultural "respect" by Bill Clinton, the United Church of Canada, European foreign ministers, etc. The I'd-like-to-teach-the-world-to-sing-in-perfect-harmonee crowd have always spoken favorably of one-worldism. From the op-ed pages of Jutland newspapers to les banlieues of Paris, the Pan-Islamists are getting on with it. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #15 Woohoo, a single Texas Lady! My friend, if RB regulars know what that means, you're gonna get a LOT of email, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-26 23:43 |
| #14 Sorry, couldn't resist |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-02-26 23:43 |
| #13 She is... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-02-26 23:41 |
| #12 So, is she single? Lol - sorry, couldn't resist, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-26 23:30 |
| #11 #6 .com....huh.... well, something about that Sherry in that graphic.... great name! |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-02-26 23:27 |
| #10 Note #9 is in response to #7. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-26 21:51 |
| #9 Re: Port Management -- You seem to be stuck on stupid. Aren't you capable of reading and comprehending what you read? What's uber-clear is you're way the fuck behind the curve. Get smart. Read. Think. Meanwhile, I'd advise that you stop proving just how far. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-26 21:48 |
| #8 Sometimes I wonder if the left has decided that its only hope for the one-world Socialist happy land is for the Islamists to crush Western Civilization. I figure the left has finally realized (at least the ones who can actually make it from one idea to the next), there is no way they can triumph over democratic capitalism - too many people succeeding, lots of happiness, peace and justice and too many folks who know the truth about socialism. So they have to have some one do the dirty work of overthrowing the system for them(especially as they mostly gator-mouthed hummingbird-tailed wusses). Maybe they figure - give the west a few decades of Sharia along with some nice historical book burning to ensure no one can remember all those unfortunate facts about Communism in all its nasty forms, and they might actually be able to sell the world wide Socialist revolution to the dhimmidudes. And, of course, get them to do all the hard fighting but hey to make an omelet... Regards, Dave |
| Posted by: davemac 2006-02-26 21:47 |
| #7 We have to eradicate Islam, and its organs. That means we deny them the facility or facilities, that means to derive profit from us. Starting with the management of our port facilities. We are at WAR you know. |
| Posted by: Vinkat Bala Subrumanian 2006-02-26 21:40 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-26 20:12 |
| #5 ya don't hear mahmoud ordering his chattel into the kitchen to cut the lamb up with guns....let them start with what they (at least) got...then guns |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-26 16:54 |
| #4 Guns, Frank. NRA safety class and then right into handguns. And rifles. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-26 16:33 |
| #3 believe in Jesus? You're next on the list....They're just minor-league Nazis wearing thobes. F*&k em and fight back. Demand they show NASCAR in the ME! Teach knife-fighting skills in preschool to all females! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-26 16:32 |
| #2 You know Frank, you make sharia law sound, well.. Not so bad. |
| Posted by: Uneregum Thromoling6246 2006-02-26 16:23 |
| #1 Steyn clarifies so that even the left can understand - if they chose to listen. Think they'll be celebrating that Gays, Lesbians, and Transsexuals parade when Sharia come to town? If so, it'll be a march to a large and foul-smelling bonfire |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-26 16:10 |