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| ". . .let the uncivilized take their chances . . ." |
| 2007-09-13 |
| Tim Blair Lance Morrow's post-9/11 Time essay: The worst times, as we see, separate the civilized of the world from the uncivilized. This is the moment of clarity. Let the civilized toughen up, and let the uncivilized take their chances in the game they started. Read the whole thing, again. Among the civilised who toughened up was Glasgow's John Smeaton, now celebrated in New York: A baggage handler hailed as a hero after helping police subdue an attacker at Scotland's Glasgow Airport is being honored in New York for his actions ... The lunatic jihadi Smeaton tackled subsequently died of self-inflicted burns. As Lance wrote: "Let the uncivilized take their chances." "Let the uncivilized take their chances." That line's a keeper. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 You would not *believe* some of the comments I heard about what should really be done with him. From all walks of life. Considering that this tosser and his fellow terrorist timed their murderous attack to coincide with the greatest number of families and children being present at Glasgow's air terminal, yes I would. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-13 20:19 |
| #5 The wanker that Mr Smeaton gave a kicking to was in the hospital near where I work having his burns tended to. You would not *believe* some of the comments I heard about what should really be done with him. From all walks of life. I take that to mean the line between civilisation and (temporary?) barbarism is getting pretty thin. I really do fear what will happen if the West (specifically Europe) removes the mask of civilisation - after all, this is a continent that has had war raging to and fro for literally hundreds of years and ended up inventing the dehumanising and extermination of people on an industrial scale. To my mind, there's something very nasty lurking under the surface in Europe, and I don't think it should be woken up. I'm not talking about military might here "Europe roars and the World listens, especially those stupid Americans", but something...darker. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2007-09-13 17:59 |
| #4 JohnQC, we can remain civilized, but go temporarily medieval. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-13 17:01 |
| #3 Maybe we have been too civilized for too long? Maybe it's time to get uncivilized and medieval. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-09-13 12:40 |
| #2 The rest will die of burns, too? :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-09-13 03:33 |
| #1 "Let the uncivilized take their chances." Nice sentiment, but if we're really smart, we'll leave nothing to chance. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-13 01:20 |