Eric: Notice how quickly any expressions hostile to Militant Islam, Terrorism or any variation thereof are quickly turned back on the writer. Condemn terrorists and someone is going to condemn you in short order. You'll be a wild man, a fascist, just as bad as the terrorist or some combination thereof. The fact that Leftists can't resist doing that, can't resist attacking those interested in defending this country, is far more interesting (and potentially alarming - until we realize they are but a minority in the US - if not in Europe) than anything pertaining to the actual defense. A majority in this nation will insist that this country be defended, but we here on Lit-Ideas are a backwater in which hostile intelligences snap and bite at those who believe in fighting against our enemies. How do you account for that? I for one never get used to it. What they say strikes me as being similar to someone who does something really dumb and then does it again and then again. They draw attention to themselves. You are shocked and then amazed. You try to help them, but they don't want any help and they go off and do it again, and again, and again. It is like a blind spot or insanity. One of them wants to turn our founding fathers into a group of terrorists -- I suppose such a transformation is intended to make the present terrorists more palatable to those of us who oppose them. What sort of intelligence would assert something so loony? It is amazing. She wasn't affected by the fact that the concept didn't exist until it was applied to the French during their revolution which occurred after ours. Her head was up and locked and the throttles were fully forward. I don't think she even noticed what I said. Now you have been called a Nazi, you who live near the World Trade Center and witnessed the work of the Terrorists are now considered a Nazi for wishing them ill. Why do these Leftists so quickly attack those who oppose our enemies? Why do they in effect come to the defense of our enemies? Are we experiencing a pandemic of self-destructive behavior? Might we become infected as well? Might we one day wake up and hate America and wish to become a Terrorist's toady? And what is most alarming, we have ample evidence that the disease is incurable. But then the next question to ask is why we, who have yet to be infected, spend so much time inviting their dumb comments again, and again, and still again. Perhaps this is a form of symbiosis. If we could get them to go to an Alcoholics Anonymous for Leftists, perhaps we should seek out an Allanon. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Yost Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 6:22 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot Joerg: ... over here, someone with your "world-view" would easily qualify as a neo-Nazi, and be banned from public life: that's not a "clash of cultures", it's just drawing the line between civilisation and barbarianism. Eric: I let this pass too easily, so redux. Let me get this straight: in modern Germany, if someone advocated killing active terrorists, they would qualify as neo-Nazis and be banned from public life? That can't be right, can it? If that's what you really meant, it's almost too weird and fascist for a reply ... almost. If that's the case, you Germans are totally [insert Anglicism for traditional expletive] bonked. Might as well just lubricate yourself and bend over for any and all militant killer scum who threaten you. That's so sad. A whimpering end. Being someone's jailhouse punk in the name of civilization. Es ist wirklich traurig. If I misconstrued what you wrote, and it seems certain I misconstrued, you should correct me. What, exactly, in your opinion, qualifies as neo-Nazi about my world view? Or are you the Hammer seeing me as a Nagel?