Posted on 03/25/2008 4:48:31 AM PDT by SJackson
MrB, I have noticed the same thing about the left wing types. They seem to instinctively side with evil. They report so favorably toward the PLO type terrorists and ignore the Tibetans who are among the kindest peoples I have ever met.
Here’s a speach at Heritage explaining why
“The Modern Liberal will invariably side with evil over good, wrong over right, and the behaviors that lead to failure over those that lead to success.”
www.heritage.org/Research/Thought/hl1020.cfm
And a quote from Saul Alinsky, Hillary and Barak are deciples.
“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.”
—Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971
Nevertheless, I expect us to return to the good old days of "balance of power" politics. I for one have ZERO problem with this as the US should not be involved in "governing the world."
MrB, Thanks, that was a great read at Heritage.
Prager bump.
That is a really excellent article. Thanks for posting it.
“using force to make those who make good decisions (the innocent) pay for the alleviation of the consequences of those who make bad decisions (the irresponsible)”. ...
That is another reason the left can't get behind Tibet. The core of Buddhist practice is to recognize that actions have consequences. (the law of karma) To accept that premise leads directly to the realization that personal responsibility is indispensable to any progress in practice. That in turn leads to the inevitable conclusion that the only way to affect positive changes in the world is to first affect those changes in one's self.
When all the mysterious rituals and cultural trappings are stripped away that is the essence, the foundation, that progress in all Buddhist practice proceeds from. Personal responsibility. Without it all the rest has no meaning or use and that is how it is taught.
That is 180 degrees out of phase with Marxist leftist ideology and naturally the greatest threat to its promotion. It is better for the left to treat Buddhism like an exotic pet, useful as a decoration and an interesting topic to dabble in around its periphery. To dig in and defend Tibetan Buddhists against the left's own philosophical allies, the communists, would risk exposing that the conflict between the ChiComs and Tibetans goes much deeper than simply a human rights issue.
What lies beneath that is the inherent conflict between a people whose nation from the top down was based on a philosophy of personal responsibility and a government that operates on a philosophy based on moral relativism. DemocRats, RINOs, the MSM, all of our western proponents of socialism, don't want to shine too much light on that. A little lip service to "injustices" is about all they can afford to do.
"Why didn't I think of this?" keeps going through my mind.
I agree with Dennis.
I would also mention the Kurds.
They deserve a state and are pro America.
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