[the invisib1e hand]

He describes the personal and philosophical turmoil of those who find themselves torn between their native civilizations and the valued of universal civilization.

Drugs might ease the pain. And if not, there's always euthenasia.

[LiteKeeper]

the greatest living English language novelist

Never heard of the "greatest living English novelist"???

[phredo53]

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

The flip side would work also:
Don't do to others you wouldn't want others do to you.

[Pollster1]

The sad thing about “universal civilizations” is that they crop up from time to time throughout history ... and immediately die in the face of less forgiving neighbors. Why is so hard for liberals to admit that western culture IS superior to other cultures, and that America is the best country and the best culture that the world has ever seen?

[Moltke]

So in this 20 year old article by one unheard-of V.S. Naipaul he calls himself “the greatest living English language novelist”?

Humility. Must be a nice experience.

[SunkenCiv]

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