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2007-06-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Steve 2007-06-21 07:14|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 Since when is Provocative a synonym for Dhimmitude?

Posted by doc 2007-06-21 09:26|| 2007-06-21 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 My favorite part of the whole play is the scene where ramshackle boats full of desperate, starving people set out from San Diego harbor. In a last ditch effort to make it out to the shipping lanes in hope of being picked up by a North Korean warship, their tale of hope and desperation gives solace to my weary soul.

Posted by asdf 2007-06-21 09:52|| 2007-06-21 09:52|| Front Page Top

#3 I think this is great.

We just need to remind anyone who's not certain that I-slam is a death cult that most 'slammers would like to reward the worlds terrorist #1.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-06-21 12:25|| 2007-06-21 12:25|| Front Page Top

#4 "Provocative" serves in the art world for what "new interpretation" does in the culinary sphere. A vast majority of the time it consists of being different for difference's sake. No innovative genius or dedication to creativity need apply. Just a casual uprooting of traditional normatives in the name of shock jock quality sensationalism.

Examine the populatrity of gangsta rap if you have any doubts. Notice how "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" won an Academy Award? Obscenity and offensiveness have been elevated in place of excellence and craftsmanship. Repetition substitutes for depth and monotone for expression.

How much of a leap is it to then begin extolling vicious murderers and criminal thugs as role models? Our politicians have abandoned all pretense at leadership whilst corporate icons publicly praise greed and lavish upon themselves in orgies of conspicuous consumption.

This is a direct byproduct of moral relativism and represents the continuing triumph of style over substance. Only when this crop of millionaire dilettantes finds their veneer of sophistry has cracked and peeled in the sunlight of reality will their followers begin to realize that substancelike quality and reliabilityhas no substitute.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-21 14:26|| 2007-06-21 14:26|| Front Page Top

#5 As soon as al-Jazeera became sufficiently brave to cheer on Taliban/al-Qaeda during the Afghanistan intervention, Muslim co-workers told me in unison: "we are with Osama; he is the only one who is doing anything for Muslims." Nobody should be denying mass support for Islamic terror. Muslims who are not in al-Qaeda's frontlines, form the rear guard. And the rear guard is still polluting the free world. Denial is our public addiction.

Posted by McZoid 2007-06-21 18:43|| 2007-06-21 18:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama ought to change his name. This is too confusing.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-21 19:46|| 2007-06-21 19:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Zenster - outstanding commentary. The sad thing is all the sheeple who lap this dung up.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-06-21 21:48|| 2007-06-21 21:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank you, Broadhead6.

The sad thing is all the sheeple who lap this dung up.

Never has the saying, "You are what you eat", been more true.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-21 23:46|| 2007-06-21 23:46|| Front Page Top

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