{"id":6556,"date":"2016-03-29T06:08:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T06:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/03\/29\/europe-at-the-edge-of-the-abyss\/"},"modified":"2016-03-29T06:08:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T06:08:45","slug":"europe-at-the-edge-of-the-abyss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/03\/29\/europe-at-the-edge-of-the-abyss\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe at the Edge of the Abyss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another outstanding essay<\/a> by Victor Davis Hanson.  I am tempted to quote the entire piece.  I shall resist the temptation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because of what Europe has become, it now has few viable choices in dealing with radical Islamic terrorism. Its dilemma is a warning to Americans that we should turn away from a similar path of national suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n

[. . .]<\/span><\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s perfect storm is upon us. A shrinking, statist, and agnostic society that does not believe in transcendence, either familial or religious, is now in a war with near neighbors of a very different sort. In the Middle East, the fundamentalists are growing in numbers, and they most certainly do believe that their own lives are nothing in comparison to the Phoenix-like resurrection of their Caliphate and the sensual pleasures in the hereafter that will reward their martial sacrifices in the here and now. Of all the many reasons why immigrants to Europe so often dislike their generous hosts, the simplest may be because they so easily can. Even H. G. Wells could not dream up any better harvest of Eloi by Morlocks, and it would take another St. Jerome (\u201cAll were born in captivity and siege, and do not desire the liberty they never knew. Who could believe this?\u201d) to chronicle the Western tragedy. As a general rule, whatever Europe is now doing, we should do the opposite \u2014 for our very survival in an increasingly scary world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Come on Victor, man up!  Make a definite proposal.  Say something plain and blunt.  I understand: you are a highly esteemed historian and you are concerned with your professional standing and credibility.  You enjoy the perquisites of your position among the established.  But what is more important, your professional standing or the continuance of the great country and culture that made it possible for you to have a highly distinguished career and speak your mind freely?<\/span><\/p>\n

How about this: Propose a moratorium on immigration from Muslim lands.  Or this:  Urge people to vote for Trump if he should garner the Republican nomination.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Civil Courage<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Another outstanding essay by Victor Davis Hanson.  I am tempted to quote the entire piece.  I shall resist the temptation. Because of what Europe has become, it now has few viable choices in dealing with radical Islamic terrorism. Its dilemma is a warning to Americans that we should turn away from a similar path of … Continue reading “Europe at the Edge of the Abyss”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decline-of-the-west","category-islamism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}