tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post3635780376942972138..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Destroying the Old WorldPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-89661547497480448352007-08-22T12:52:00.000-07:002007-08-22T12:52:00.000-07:00Besides the demands of fashion amongst your set, i...<I>Besides the demands of fashion amongst your set, is there an actual reason why the term Islamofascism is illegitimate?</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I view fascism as implacably statist and/or racist, which doesn't seem to fit Wahhabist Islam very well. <BR/><BR/>Also, the blanket term implies that there's a single ideological cause for violence committed in a variety of locales by a variety of groups, which is pointlessly reductive; it's only real purpose is to blur the distinction between religious and secular violence, and between legitimate and illegitimate grievances. <BR/><BR/>It's convenient for propaganda purposes, granted, but it makes it harder to address real-world problems, whether you're talking about addressing them through warfare or diplomacy or education or what have you. Which seems to me to be a high price to pay in order to provide cowardly layabouts like yourself with a unifying myth.<BR/><BR/><I>See, when you dismiss the term, one supposes that you also dismiss the thing itself.</I><BR/><BR/>One supposes this only if one is a dumbshit. I can dismiss the term "black criminality" without implying that blacks don't commit crimes, and I can dismiss the term "death tax" without implying that I'm in favor of kicking farm widows out of their homes and into the snow.<BR/><BR/>Again, you and your ilk believe that it's possible to "own" this issue, and that doing so makes you serious people. In reality, you're a gaggle of ineducable, mythomaniacal blunderers who pose an obstacle to dealing sensibly with this problem, and virtually every other problem we face.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-28203306693050342932007-08-20T19:11:00.000-07:002007-08-20T19:11:00.000-07:00Besides the demands of fashion amongst your set, i...Besides the demands of fashion amongst your set, is there an actual reason why the term <I>Islamofascism</I> is illegitimate?<BR/><BR/>See, when you dismiss the term, one supposes that you also dismiss the thing itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-3001638418285554182007-08-16T00:29:00.000-07:002007-08-16T00:29:00.000-07:00If Islamic fundamentalists actually had the abilit...<I>If Islamic fundamentalists actually had the ability to impose "dhimmitude" on people, they would not have to resort to terrorism. By definition, terrorism is a tactic of the weak, of a movement that cannot go directly toe-to-toe with a population that is opposed to the movement.</I><BR/><BR/>Good point. But of course, there's no glory in fighting a weak enemy (or prattling about fighting one, in Toby's case). Which is why questioning al-Qaeda's capabilities is unpatriotic, in some circles. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I'll be singing a different tune when they launch that EMP attack....Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-15029592829232312042007-08-16T00:10:00.000-07:002007-08-16T00:10:00.000-07:00If Islamic fundamentalists actually had the abilit...If Islamic fundamentalists actually had the ability to impose "dhimmitude" on people, they would not have to resort to terrorism. By definition, terrorism is a tactic of the weak, of a movement that cannot go directly toe-to-toe with a population that is opposed to the movement.<BR/><BR/>So, to sum up: Terrorism from any group is a problem, but the idea that a terrorist group can actually conquer the world is, basically, retarded.Joseph Dietrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126078371303833881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-55245714058582608832007-08-15T23:59:00.000-07:002007-08-15T23:59:00.000-07:00Have you convinced yourself that you know better t...<I>Have you convinced yourself that you know better than the rest of us and are above the need to advocate war against those who wish us, as Westerners, dead?</I><BR/><BR/>As usual, Tobes, you mistake my dismissal of idiotic theories <I>about</I> terrorism for dismissal of terrorism per se.<BR/><BR/>Contrary to what you enjoy believing, the fact that Islamic radicals want to kill Westerners doesn't make your theories on the matter plausible, let alone sane. No matter how badly "Islamofascists" want to kill us, people like you and the Baron remain delusional schmucks who are incapable of doing anything other than making a bad situation worse.<BR/><BR/>Once more, with feeling: I'm not dismissing terrorism, or the need to fight it. I'm dismissing the dreamworld blitherings of <I>fools like you.</I><BR/><BR/>Please make a note of it.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-66393180175596438342007-08-15T18:42:00.000-07:002007-08-15T18:42:00.000-07:00Phila:the succubus embrace of IslamofascipacifismH...Phila:<BR/><BR/><I>the succubus embrace of Islamofascipacifism</I><BR/><BR/>How have you managed to trick yourself into dismissing dhimmitude? Have you convinced yourself that you know better than the rest of us and are <I>above</I> the need to advocate war against those who wish us, as Westerners, dead?<BR/><BR/>This present conflict is what replaced the struggle against Communism. It is necessary and you are <I>not</I> above it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-60994325741227709032007-08-15T14:20:00.000-07:002007-08-15T14:20:00.000-07:00Somehow, I suspect David Walker only has a passing...Somehow, I suspect David Walker only has a passing familiarity with the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Probably the same passing familiarity that Mr. Braun has for American social and cultural history. Oh well, at least he didn't blame the Gauls and Alemani for sneaking across the borders and stealing all the jobs.Joseph Dietrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126078371303833881noreply@blogger.com