Posted on 04/06/2007 10:13:41 PM PDT by goldstategop
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I am so sick and tired of the western world treating Muslims with kid gloves. Where are these people who are against left wing fanatics? You will never see it. The Imams who were being picked on because they were acting strange on an airplane makes me sick.
Werent we attacked by fanatical muslims?
One thing for sure.
I know with whom Leonidas would side with today.
History is whispering to us even through the stylized artistic prism of this film.
I actually grow tired of the “based on a comic book”, “it’s just a movie” belittling of this film. Frank Miller knew exactly what the lesson was then, and what that message to us today is.
The message is only more obvious in this time of war with islamo-facists.
I really liked the movie!
And I don’t really recall anything that would be considered “graphic sexuality”.
It was inspiring. And its been along time since I’v been inspired by a movie. And its been a VERY long time since I’v seen a movie that was based on strong men (physically, mentally and morally).
I thought it was awsome. And those actors were definitly ripped:)
But D’Souza does have a point - even it it is an obliue one.
The “West” is an uneasy (or untested) alliance between traditional moralists and progressivist hedonists. This is an alliance that can’t stand for long. (You’re not going to see mom and pop America sending their sons off to war so we can have safe and plentiful gay bars, and other glories of liberal “democracy” in Iran.)
There is a seismic fault running through America that hasn’t seen sufficient stress to cause and earthquake.
Traditional America has two enemies in view - Islam and Leftist Westerners. DSouza mistake in falling to discern the tripolar conflict.
“And D’Souza wonders why most conservatives don’t take him seriously? “
I haven’t read this new thing by D’Souza but I know that he captures Reagan better than any other writer I know of.
I gave up on this nasty bitch Feder a long time ago, and as far as I know he has no where near the respect of D’Souza among conservatives.
D’Souza is a major writer in the conservative world including our flag ship publication “The National Review”.
Although I haven’t yet read this book by D’Souza this nasty, little diatribe by this small timer hasn’t come close to convincing me that after all these years D’ Souza all of a sudden became a dumb ass.
Feder is actually understating his case here. Sayyid Qutb, leading intellectual of the jihadist movement, based his hatred of American decadence on a college stay in Greeley, Colorado in 1947. After returning to Egypt, he commented on what he perceived to be the decadent, sex-filled atmosphere of a church basement sock hop.
I see no possibility that we will ever be able to communicate with a culture that thinks this way. To survive, we're going to have to destroy it. Let's hope we can find a way to do that without undue loss of life.
Pssst. It wasn't all of a sudden.
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I have to disagree, he is one of the authors I truly admire( which means I buy his books new), I recommend his book “Ronald Reagan”, a book that Feder couldn’t (and wouldn’t) write.
Persia was not Islamic, that was a thousand years before Islam even came around and it did not come from Persia.
I just saw it a couple of days ago and thought it was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. However, there were some scenes I could have done without - but it wasn’t the one of the rear view of Leonidas ;)
D’Sousa talks sense and apparently Don Feder is upset about it.
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D'souza talks appeasement and I'm upset about it, too!
(Thermopolye was a holding action) a DIP Mission like the Fulda. (Die In Place)
Actually it is my intention God Willing to fight to the Islamofacist’s last man.
However I agree with the criticisim of De Souza here. I will condemn both the Islamofacist as well as the godless secular faith of the Left. The enemy of my enemy can only be my friend when I am not his enemy also.
I am the enemy of both the Islamofacist and the Left. Hell they have both allied against Christians and other decent folks around the world so we better just accept it and work to take them both apart.
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D’souza talks appeasement...it is an interesting derailment for D’Souza. Almost like he had some sort of seizure.
His reaction to criticism is strange also, I think something medical/psych is up with him.
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