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To: Gene Eric

Late Peter Falk starred in it.

Both Nazism and Communism sought to perfect man.

At enormous cost in human suffering. Islam has the same ambition.

Its hard for us to accept perfection isn’t possible.

History is a good teacher about our limitations and we’re happier if we manage to strive for what is good not for what is perfect.


9 posted on 12/20/2016 12:09:59 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: goldstategop

In the past I’ve referred to the “three prides” that were the bane of the 20th century. Nazism was “pride of blood”, Communism was “pride of intellect” and Islam is “pride of spirit”. The first was vanquished at great cost. The second was transformed into modern liberal statism but is far from vanquished. The third is the current focus of most of the strife in the world.


15 posted on 12/20/2016 6:10:22 AM PST by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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