Wednesday The French insurrection, for that is what it is, is heading toward an interesting denouement. The immigrant problem has now been added to the original issue of the fuel tax. Without a major change of direction, there will be an outbreak of violence between the French people and immigrant enclaves. The odd part is that if all parties stay true to form, the French … [Read more...]
Cultures are Important
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...]
The Future of Christianity
A Comment on Fred Reed’s ‘The Place of Christianity in History: A View from Without’ Mr Reed is one of my favourite authors, and not just because he is a fellow cigar smoker, or because his cigar has the scruffy look of the wonderful cigars that I used to hand-roll in Colombia, but because he is a good thinker and writer. That said, I think that in this instance it is most … [Read more...]
Fitna – Geert Wilders
Tuesday This is a short film by Geert Wilders. It lays bare the idiocy of those who have invited Muslims to settle in the West, and those who defend it. The film itself begins at the 9 minute mark. The barbarians are within the walls. The war is now on the streets of their own cities and on their daily news, yet still only about … [Read more...]
Countries
Saturday The modern understanding of a country is somewhere that is under the sway of a particular government. A closer inspection reveals that this is not what a country really is. A country is a place where the occupants live according to agreed morals (social values) and where traditions and aspirations are in general accord. Only once these foundations are already … [Read more...]