tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post112187871483634693..comments2023-08-13T10:44:53.168+02:00Comments on j'accuse: The Evil Ideology vs. The Clash of CivilisationsJacques René Zammithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04881306009904413979noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post-1121899778132704172005-07-21T00:49:00.000+02:002005-07-21T00:49:00.000+02:00excuse the blatant lornism...the Serbrenica "taugh...excuse the blatant lornism...<BR/><BR/>the Serbrenica "taught" us and not "thought" us.<BR/><BR/>or is it a di-veism?Jacques René Zammithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881306009904413979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post-1121898104419094482005-07-21T00:21:00.000+02:002005-07-21T00:21:00.000+02:00Alors monsieur le jacobin,Although I do love windi...Alors monsieur le jacobin,<BR/><BR/>Although I do love winding people up I must say that I was very serious in this post. I do not classify Europe as morally or ethically superior to the US (since I have no authority to do so). I am just glad I live in the Old Continent which is busy building its new world gradually (admittedly with many difficulties) and which hopefully is very different from the reality that the US of A is today. Yes it is the same Europe that was responsible for mass colonialism, two world wars, and not to mention the crimes in the name of God in the middle East (Crusades), in South America (conquistadores) and during the Inquisition (Torquemada ... that distant cousin of our own Borgemada). The holocaust was meant to be the last straw... as IM would point out Sebrenica thought us that we still had to learn. What is important is that it is our HISTORY and that we now learn from it and try to avoid repeating the same mistakes (being human we do not alwaysmanage).<BR/><BR/>The Invasion of Iraq, the Axis of Evil, the rape of the multinationals... these are not history but current affairs. I have the right to point fingers. I have the right to thank God that I am not American or Chinese. Unserious? Utopic maybe... but never can I be more serious!Jacques René Zammithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881306009904413979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post-1121887893492493982005-07-20T21:31:00.000+02:002005-07-20T21:31:00.000+02:00Well...never let it be said that you are incapable...Well...never let it be said that you are incapable of provoking...<BR/><BR/>I'd really like to believe that the conclusion you arrived at in this post was specifically designed to wind people up, but somehow my insticts tell me that this is not the case - that you are actually serious in your classifcation of Europe as ethically and morally superior to the United States.<BR/><BR/>As you may or may not imagine, such a conclusion grates at me - no, it does more than that - it demands a cogent rebuttal, one that I would be more than happy to provide when I am in a calmer state.<BR/><BR/>Until that time, I will only say this: the Europe to which you often dedicate paeans is the same Europe which is responsible for mass waves of colonialism in past centuries and two world wars in the previous one. I hesitate to even mention the Holocaust for fear of invoking an 'argumentum ad hitlerum' objection on your part. <BR/><BR/>Ah, for the moment I'm too dejected to continue. How can you be so unserious?the jacobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748059950593000397noreply@blogger.com