(np) The Merkel Fallacy

[Paul Mackin]

No, the point is that both solutions to Western modernity are equally
reactionary, unworkable, and awful to contemplate. Houollebecq uses his
solution satirically, but 13th Century admiring Brad Gregory seems mildly
serious. Ivory Tower serious. Gregory wrote a book about how every thing
went wrong after the Reformation.



On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 11:59 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Going Western Medieval as a solution to Islamic Medievalism?  No thanks.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, a very good novel.
>>
>> Another solution to current troubles pushed by historian Brad Gregory
>> would be a return to the pre-Reformation Christian Middle Ages where
>> everyone thought and believed the same thing because they sort of had to.
>>
>> Gregory is one of the reactionaries featured in Mark Lilla's The
>> Shipwrecked Mind.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone else read 'Submission' by Michel Houellebecq? -   It’s a fine
>>> book -  a bit strange and sad,  but good.   It’s very generally about the
>>> Muslim takeover of France.
>>>
>>> Becky
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Dec 23, 2016, at 1:53 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > So Kai's world historic operating premise = having to either convert
>>> > or murder nearly a quarter of the planetary population.
>>> >
>>> > Or am I reading you wrong, here?
>>> >
>>> > J
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 3:29 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
>>> > <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> (Premise 1) Islam is a religion, Islamism is a form of terrorism.
>>> >>
>>> >> (Premise 2) Religion is good, terrorism is bad.
>>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> >> (Conclusion) Islam and Islamism have nothing to do with each other.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Can YOU see the mistake?
>>> >>
>>> >>
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