Tuesday Cultures are important. They went a bit out of focus after WW2, being replaced by ideologies. But they never went away. It was during WW1 that the communists noticed that troops were more inclined to die for their country (merely the physical location of their culture) than their ideology. In the 1930s, and based upon this realisation, National Socialism … [Read more...]
They Know Not What They Do
Saturday The traditions of Islam and those of the West are entirely different. The West evolved into a free society that valued tolerance and self-responsibility, including the development of personal ethics and integrity. The legal system evolved to represent those views. The Christian Church encouraged (with notable lapses) the use of reason to interpret the scriptures … [Read more...]