The world may celebrate the end of the Western civilization

Pravda ^ | 13.02.2006 | Sergei Mikheev

[cougar_mccxxi]

The scandal with the publication of Prophet Muhammad caricatures in European newspapers has outlined a few rather interesting details. First of all, the world has become open as the West wanted it to be. Secondly, the multi-cultural aspect of Europe has become more than just obvious. The scandal with the cartoons is a very important lesson that Russia needs to learn.

[LegendHasIt]

Yeah, they'll celebrate.

Then they will starve to death within a year.

[razorback-bert]

Good to be reminded that there are still die hard commies out there.

[redpoll]

This was already published on free republic. However, just for a laugh or three, take a look at the articles on sex in the newspaper. I loved the articles about Condi Rice just needed some sex to mellow her out (with the memorable lead: "What is it with the the secretaries of state?"). Yep, the Russians may be anticipating the end of Western civilization, but I wouldn't count us out yet. France and Spain just might jump on the Islamic Express, but the Aussies, Alaskans, New Zealanders, and Americans seem to be solid enough in their defense of Western values. Sometimes the centers of a civilization move as people move. I can understand a Russian expressing schadenfreude about our seeming decline, though - it's been hard to be Russian for a while, and it continues to be tough. However, I liked the corporate calendar article in Pravda, as well as the swimsuit photo essay. LOL

[Darkwolf377]

A few years ago National Review published a cover story on the US-Brit-Australia alliance, and how they were forming stronger ties these days. I think if Canada gets it together they will join that grouping as a bullwark against impending chaos in Euro-Mecca.

[blueminnesota]

The ancient Greeks cheered when the Athenian "long walls" were pulled down, they thought the Athenians were too arrogant, decadent, greedy, etc. Then they found out that Spartan dictatorship wasn't any better. In fact, it was much worse!

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"I think if Canada gets it together they will join that grouping as a bullwark against impending chaos in Euro-Mecca"

All hail Oceania! Crush the Eurasians ... er East-Asians ... er which is it this month?

[Arkinsaw]

It amazes me that Russia doesn't know what it is. It's as much a part of Western civilization as the US but has no clue. It thinks that it has a place in a Muslim dominated world, or a China dominated world, when in fact it has no such place.

If China becomes the up and coming world superpower then all those beautiful unexploited resources in the Russian west will finally get exploited. Just not by Russia.

If the Muslim world and its anarchy burst forth into flower then Russia will have a great and mighty Chechnya spread all alongst its exceptionally long southern underbelly. With Russia's dropping birth rate and the Muslim skyrocketing birth rate......what is the final result for Russia?

They think sucking up to Iran gives them a place in the heart of the Muslim countries to their south. It does not.

Cry for Christian Russia, because she does not know where she comes from, where she belongs, who her real family is, or where she is going.

[Lauretij2]

Some people say that the crescent that goes over the mideast, and the hammer (a cross shape) going over Europe have a symbolism in itself. I tend to agree. It meant that the communist new world would unite and rule over and eventually replace them into a new world order.

[pleikumud]

pravda ne isvestia, isvesti ne pravda

[Darkwolf377]

All hail Oceania! Crush the Eurasians ... er East-Asians ... er which is it this month?

LOL!

We'll just pre-emptively call them "Atlanteans" before we inevitably sink them.

[stripes1776]

The ancient Greeks cheered when the Athenian "long walls" were pulled down, they thought the Athenians were too arrogant, decadent, greedy, etc. Then they found out that Spartan dictatorship wasn't any better. In fact, it was much worse!

Good point.

[stripes1776]

All hail Oceania! Crush the Eurasians ... er East-Asians ... er which is it this month?

It doesn't matter as long as there is constant war. Wasn't that Orwell's point?

[stripes1776]

Cry for Christian Russia, because she does not know where she comes from, where she belongs, who her real family is, or where she is going.

Russia is a puzzle.

[elcid1970]

Didn't Winston Churchill describe Russia as

"a mystery wrapped inside a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma"?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

And it's being led by a man who seems to be under the impression that he's Peter the Great, when he's much closer to the late Leonid Brezhnev.

[stripes1776]

Didn't Winston Churchill describe Russia as "a mystery wrapped inside a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma"?

Yes, I think he did. It's like one of those wooden Russian dolls--open it up and there's another doll inside of it and another doll inside of it and another inside of it and another and another...

[RHINO369]

Isn't Russia part of Western Civilization? Atleast I always thought so, especially now that they are running under capitalism.

[pickrell]

"...Didn't Winston Churchill describe Russia as "a mystery wrapped inside a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma"?..."

Was that it? All these years I had mistranslated. I thought it was described as "a misery, inside a puddle, wrapped in an enema..."

Back to Russian class for me...

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I don't know, it's an extraordinarily complex situation.

The ambivalence of Russia-and its place in the world-is one of the subjects that writers have spilled so much ink on.

Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, among many others.

It seems like they still haven't resolved this issue.

I doubt that they will anytime in the near future.