Posted on 02/14/2006 8:38:23 PM PST by presidio9
I'd hate to be a whiteboy of 20. The World is gonna really unravel in the next 40 years.
"It is obvious though that the world is changing right before our very eyes"
On this point they are dead on. It's scaring the heck out of me, and it ain't all Islamofacist phobia either.
If we are going to have to have it out with the Muslims anyway, I say the sooner the better.
Who would think the publication of some cartoons....CARTOONS, folks!......would be an idea for end of the world discussions......There are days when I do think I lived through the BEST of America.....and it's all downhill from here on out....BUT, I think we're in the middle of a war right now, and so my outlook is tainted.
Interesting analysis... it seems that Huntington was right after all. This century's theme is competing civilizations. The writer's basic premise that the West has created its own discontent seems sound, as well as the insight that the conquered peoples have returned to conquer the conquerer, so to speak. It appears my son is in for a lifetime of challenge.
As I write this, most women I know are watching Desperate Housewives and whining that gas is too expensive. The men are watching a game of ball, and whining about the same.
Try and relate the problems facing our culture, and they will shrug as if you have seven heads.
Seems rather hopeless at times.
God forbid anyone at Pravda should glance at the economic numbers before writing this stuff...
Possibly, but America is clearly greater today than it was 25 years ago. Why can't the trend continue?
you are 100% dead-on
Geeze, what a bunck of knuckleheads! This is PRAVDA folks. Get a grip.
We have some very good allies on our side.
Japan is key. They are a model culture, even a place one may flee to once America is overrun.
India will further awaken - they are already quite civil, largely. (Such a complex country though, their dynamics aren't clear to me...)
It can....as I said...."we're at war"....and I think that's tainting my "feelings." On the other hand, I think there's more than ONE war going on.....the War Against Terror, and the War Against Logic with America
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"Who would think the publication of some cartoons....CARTOONS, folks!......would be an idea for end of the world discussions......"
goodness, it is an excellent lesson of the pen IS mightier than the sword. I admit we don't know how it will all turn out in the end, but I've got faith in God and your screen name.
Amazing, astounding even, and I now there was corruption and incitement, but still, instructive.
The world IS changing right before our eyes. Maybe not changing so much as resolving unresolved business. Certainly the Islamofacists see it that way, we are fools if we don't take the long view too.
India and Japan are among the most racist and xenophobic cultures on the planet. You want a good ally? Try Poland.
Yeah, but the Asians are smart enough not to let too many foreigners in.
If China ever completely dumps Communism, it'll be almost unstoppable. China, Japan, India, South Korea....that area will be the world center of economic & military power in 2100. America peaked in the fifties. Sixties liberalism started us down the path of destruction.
I love Poland, but how long can they hold out against the EU? The rotten European countries will eventually force gay "marriage" and the other suicidal Euro policies on them.
India & Japan are just protecting themselves by not throwing their borders open. They see where it's led us.
"The World is gonna really unravel in the next 40 years."
Only if we of the Western World will allow it to happen.
The very first step is identifying the enemy of Christianity and the Western World it gave rise to (easy to do, but most are fearful of admitting who the enemy is). The second step is disseminate info (difficult thing to do if flow of info and freedom of speech is repressed). Third step is to work as a collective toward the benefit of Christianity and the Western World by defeating the enemy and thereby securing a future for our progeny (another easy task).
Clearly the most difficult task is identifying the enemy. Islam is one such enemy of Christianity. There are others that most are still unwilling to accept. The latter is the most arduous task.
Concomitant with the above is the task of ridding ourselves of the sense of collective guilty we feel toward the opposed camp, eg, 1) "for the children;" whose children?; 2) "these illegal aliens come to America for a job and a better future for their children;" again, here the question is which immigrants, is it the enemy or is it our European brother? 3) as another example, we often feel guilty for starving or diying people in the third world; this too has got to stop. Charity begins at home.
The desire for openness was based on an expectation that people worldwide would want to live well (ie, indoor plumbing, electricity, etc) - That doesn't apply to suicidal jihadis. "Normal" people worldwide - not cultists...
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