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October 26, 2007
The Ultimate Red State
A forum on "Multiculturalism and its impact on democratic society" included two heaping scoops of Mark Steyn one-liners (more video of the event may be found here). I have never agreed "multiculturalism" was a useful term to frame the debate; it is all to easy to argue about definitions rather than issues of policy. But I do agree the real enemy we face is not only the sinister Dark Ages Scientology of bin Laden and his ilk but an all pervasive cult of relativism, masochism and the celebration of ignorance. "Multiculturalism," as Steyn puts it, "isn't about knowing anything about other cultures; only about feeling warm and fluffy about them." Exactly.
Steyn and I share an upbringing that included maps on the school room wall; pictures of the old Empire which - even in its enervated from as a Commonwealth - remained "the ultimate red state". Now all that remains is a pernicious ideology of decline and a tug of war future between A Clockwork Orange and Lord of the Flies.
Related: The sun never set on the British Empire. Also, a satisfyingly sinister map of America's "oil empire" (now featuring US military bases in New Zealand, apparently).
Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 26, 2007 07:04 AM
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Hey, when did Canada annex Alaska??? But I suppose it doesn't matter since you are firmly in our oil-greedy clutches.
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at October 26, 2007 01:01 PM
A tug of war between Lord of the Flies, A Clockwork Orange and Demolition man if the nanny state keeps going the way it is.
Posted by: Christopher Ross at October 26, 2007 02:04 PM