Green Energy
From The Brussels Journal and it's excellent:
- Ontario Science Center: A Question Of Nihilism
How low can self-loathing progressives go? At the Ontario Science Center's display "A Question of Truth" one can find the answer. In the name of multi-cultural "tolerance" modern liberals will deny the most basic truths of science. On the website...
- Vaguely Genocidal
I frequently contribute "behind the scenes" at IBA, though I have never posted here. Pastorius nudged me into it, so here goes. Van der Leun, over at American Digest, suggests that the West, and indeed America, may become genocidal if Islam and it's...
- Gibson, Unrepentant, Transparent
In a headlined Drudge title, Mel Gibson speaking of his new movie says: In describing its portrait of a civilization in decline, Gibson said, "The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again," drawing parallels...
- More On The Belgian Governments Harrassment Of The Brussels Journal Blog
The Brussels Journal received a reply from the government which explains why the Belgian government is harrassing the proprietors of the blog. Read it here. And, here is Paul Belien's analysis of the situation: Our website appears to be one of the...
- Newt Takes The Lead
Newt is way ahead of the pack. “In the United States, we refer to this struggle as the "Global War on Terror". Yet, I believe this label fails to capture the nature and scale of the threat faced by civilization. The nature of the threat -- with...
Green Energy
The Rebellion Against Reason
From The Brussels Journal and it's excellent:
Arguably, the success of Western Civilization and of its derivates can be attributed to the triumph of reason over irrationality in the course of its development. This process had its modest beginnings in the Middle Ages (at the outset of which Europe had a “traditional civilization,” meaning that it resembled all other previous and contemporary cultures). The movement then accelerated, and so it transformed its original environment through the Enlightenment and the eras that followed it. All through this there evolved a parallel and contrary trend. Its modern phase harks back to Rousseau. It continued with the “racialists” and scored with the Leninist version of Marxism and National Socialism as well as Fascism.
Nowadays the tradition of applying reason to find the best path leading to reasonable goals is being threatened. Worse, the patient polishing of positions while striving to evaluate ways and means regardless of where the conclusion might take one, is frowned upon. Just think of how the rational is depicted as “insensitive” and how facts that challenge someone’s doctrine which supersedes proof is qualified as an insult. How often do you hear arguments that are the equivalent of proclaiming: “The earth is flat. This my opinion. You say it is round. That is your opinion. We are equals. Thus my opinion is as good as yours.” Preempting discourse, arbitrary assertions abound. Challenging them is taken as an offense and the disapproval of it is demonstrated by staging extortionary protests spiced by riots.
- Ontario Science Center: A Question Of Nihilism
How low can self-loathing progressives go? At the Ontario Science Center's display "A Question of Truth" one can find the answer. In the name of multi-cultural "tolerance" modern liberals will deny the most basic truths of science. On the website...
- Vaguely Genocidal
I frequently contribute "behind the scenes" at IBA, though I have never posted here. Pastorius nudged me into it, so here goes. Van der Leun, over at American Digest, suggests that the West, and indeed America, may become genocidal if Islam and it's...
- Gibson, Unrepentant, Transparent
In a headlined Drudge title, Mel Gibson speaking of his new movie says: In describing its portrait of a civilization in decline, Gibson said, "The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again," drawing parallels...
- More On The Belgian Governments Harrassment Of The Brussels Journal Blog
The Brussels Journal received a reply from the government which explains why the Belgian government is harrassing the proprietors of the blog. Read it here. And, here is Paul Belien's analysis of the situation: Our website appears to be one of the...
- Newt Takes The Lead
Newt is way ahead of the pack. “In the United States, we refer to this struggle as the "Global War on Terror". Yet, I believe this label fails to capture the nature and scale of the threat faced by civilization. The nature of the threat -- with...