{"id":6692,"date":"2016-01-30T04:27:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T04:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/01\/30\/veiling-statues-to-please-the-mullahs\/"},"modified":"2016-01-30T04:27:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T04:27:09","slug":"veiling-statues-to-please-the-mullahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/01\/30\/veiling-statues-to-please-the-mullahs\/","title":{"rendered":"Veiling Statues to Please the Mullahs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a pretty sight<\/a>:  the representatives of a superior culture abasing themselves before the representatives of an inferior one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Decadent Europe may already be lost.  But we still have time to learn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you think Italy might contain a few cultural treasures worth preserving?  Then you may want to inform yourself of the fact that Muslims are not known for their preservation of antiquities.  See The Destruction of the Middle East<\/a> for starters.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a deep paradox here that would require a lot of writing to set forth properly.  Roughly, it is the very superiority of our culture with its philosophy, science, free speech, open inquiry, toleration of dissent, freedom of religion, and the whole panoply of Enlightenment values together with the advanced technology and prosperity that they make possible that has led and is leading us into decadence.  Our superiority is thus breeding inferiority so that we become easy marks for an inferior culture that believes in itself and its benighted values and is, insofar forth, superior to us in its will to dominate us by any and all methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong> (2\/1):  Malcolm Pollack (HT: Bill Keezer) writes<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

I meant to comment on this when it happened a few days ago:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rome\u2019s nude statues covered up ahead of Rouhani visit<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In further concession to Iranian president, official dinner with Italian PM does not include wine on the menu<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What a craven, flabby, neutered thing our civilization has become. This is what ACID syndrome<\/a> does to its victims: it sickens and enervates them with doubt; it destroys and disables their confidence, potency, and virility; it paralyzes them in the face of peril; it turns their bones and sinews to jelly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast: Winston Churchill, who was to host a dinner attended by ibn Saud, was told by the Arabian king that those attending must not drink or smoke in his presence. His response?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I said that if it was his religion that made him say such things, my religion prescribed as an absolute sacred ritual smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after and if need be during, all meals and the intervals between them. Complete surrender.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Dead Smokers' Society hereby registers its opposition to this anti-tobacco Islamo-wackery.  Carpe fumam!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dead<\/a>
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