Rioting France
Is it about Islam?
Last of the Famous nails Mark Steyn and Phyllis Chester on the riots in France.
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Last of the Famous nails Mark Steyn and Phyllis Chester on the riots in France.
(Found via Hak Mao)
Previous: The Third Intifada?
Tags: paris riots, paris, riots
Comments
"Somebody should tell lastofthefamous to cool it on the ad hominem. It makes him look like a raver himself, and not a nice person.
We either credit our opponents with good faith, or we don't. Calling people idiots and pigs ... this is not worthy of an intelligent person."
I agree with this. Although I know me and Jogo are both prone to a bit of ad hominem...
...if I think furthemore that their lazy and uninformed commentary is part of a trend that has gone too far and is contributing to the world's misery...
...then I feel no compunction about saying precisely what I think of them. And at precisely what point among the world's supply of cretins should I draw the line separating those malefactors who deserve no respect and those genteel duffers who do?
As Camus said, « Mal nommer les choses, c'est ajouter aux malheurs du monde » or "To misname things is to add to the world's misery." To hold my tongue or weeken my words simply to be polite would require me to lie. And dishonesty is a far greater sin than rudeness.
By the way, I agree with what you say on your blog about the FrontPagers.