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2003-12-23 Syria-Lebanon

Mufti of Tripoli denounces Arab League for indecisiveness

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-23 00:02|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred: Implicit in the idea of 'renaissance' is discovering knowledge that has been lost. In Europe the renaissance meant re-discovering what the ancients (the Greeks) knew. The word has deep religous implications relating to the religous notion of falling from grace - getting kicked out of the garden of eden.

Interestingly this rational was used to justify new knowledge and it in fact over hundreds of years led to the modern world.

I suspect the arabs have a similar view and it helps to drive the notion of a return to an idealized past because in present its obvious the arabs are collectively such a failure. Whether it results in the same outcome it did in the west is debateable and if it does occur it will take a long time.

BTW the next post is a classic.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-23 3:39:33 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:39:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The previous post was me.

Posted by phil_b 2003-12-23 3:42:08 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:42:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 roll their eyes and holler... I thought they have to jump up and down to complete the incantation. No?

I can remember back when, it must have been ... ten hours gone by since hearing from the Arab League. They're not moving fast enough to suit Sabounji. He fears they'll go astray ~~after seeing the mass graves~~ without his ~~kvetching~~ inspired guidance.

Fred: (off-topic) Can we get the Lord Robertson piece from yesterday reposted? Sense of danglers left in the thread. Or is it possible / procedure to just add comments to the archive? That might unduly inspire last-word types.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 3:42:43 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:42:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "next post" Did you mean the next article, or your next comment? (:-)>

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 3:56:59 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:56:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 By next I meant chronologically next, i.e. the article above this one in the list shown in your browser.

Posted by phil_b 2003-12-23 5:53:46 AM|| 2003-12-23 5:53:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 phil: ok. Furthermore, yeah, Fred does his stuff really well. Your comment brings up a question.

Wonder by what means are Classics chosen? Is it by feelie, or by acclamation? Or is there some sort of decision procedure? For sheer irony I particularly liked the Saudi Passport story yesterday. But then it didn't come near Jane Fonda Revisited, which made the cut.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 12:32:16 PM|| 2003-12-23 12:32:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Comment that it should be a classic. Then everyone else can add "yea or nay."

Other than that, I try to avoid adding something to the classics on the day it's posted unless it makes me blow coffee out my nose or it's rilly, rilly big, like Sammy getting snagged. If I can remember it the next day, it's probably a classic from my perspective.

Posted by Fred 2003-12-23 1:02:51 PM|| 2003-12-23 1:02:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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