Posted on 05/09/2015 10:38:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 05/09/2015 11:25:33 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The recent spectacle of Pamela Geller, the erstwhile journalist who organized a provocative contest in Texas of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, gives pause to even the most passionate defenders of the First Amendment.
Not since Westboro Baptist Church
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Years ago, when A FEW pro-lifers bombed A FEW abortion mills, the whole pro-life movement rushed to condemn the actions, and of course the pro-abortion movement did so. EVERYONE agreed that such actions “discredited” the pro-life cause.
Why doesn’t the same rule apply to Islam?
Simple: Islam is trying to destroy Christianity and all the freedoms that flow from Christianity. Therefore, when Islam is violent, all “respectable” people must pretend that the violence comes from “nutjobs” or “unglued” individuals who have been deliberately “provoked.”
All “respectable” people are in on the lie. No event is going to “wake them up.” We can only hope that those who are awake are numerous enough to beat Islam back.
Our “president,” most of Congress, all of the corporate media, the Pope, almost all bishops and other clergy—have thrown in with Islam, and are trying to keep people asleep.
As Joe Sobran said:
From the point of view of the termite, what he is doing is “progress.”
0bamanation, if you are referring to WaPo and the Deenocrat. Yes, the Democrat are now Deen for me: “Those who have gone astray.” (from the Sura of the Clot).
America, otherwise.
You mean François-Marie Arouet, the 18th Century French writer who used the nom de plume, "Voltaire"?
As for the quotation, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it", Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote it in her work Friends of Voltaire, as the epitome of Voltaire's beliefs. She later said it was a paraphrase of the line "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." from Voltaire's Essay on Tolerance.
'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," was his attitude now.
Ch. 7 : Helvetius : The Contradiction, p. 199; because of quote marks around the original publication of these words, they are often attributed to Voltaire, though Hall was not actually quoting him but summarizing his attitude with the expression. The statement was widely popularized when misattributed to Voltaire as a "Quotable Quote" in Reader's Digest (June 1934), but in response to the misattribution, Hall had been quoted in Saturday Review (11 May 1935), p. 13, as stating: I did not mean to imply that Voltaire used these words verbatim and should be surprised if they are found in any of his works. They are rather a paraphrase of Voltaire's words in the Essay on Tolerance — "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."
The paragraph in which the statement first appears reads:
"On the Mind" [De l'Esprit by Helvétius] became not the success of the season, but one of the most famous books of the century. The men who had hated it and had not particularly loved Helvétius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now.
Another possible source for the quote was proposed by Norbert Guterman, editor of "A Book of French Quotations," who noted a letter to M. le Riche (February 6, 1770) in which Voltaire is quoted as saying: "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" ("Monsieur l'abbé, je déteste ce que vous écrivez, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez continuer à écrire"). This remark, however, does not appear in the letter.
Kathleen Parker is a castrated guy.
How nice that you took the time to research Voltaire...after the fact.
The French often consider Voltaire to be, after Rousseau, a "Father of the French Revolution".
'nuff said.
What French? What do you really know about France, its people, or its history? More Wikipedia?
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