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Mark Steyn: It’s the demography, stupid
The Spectator (U.K.) ^
| 11/12/05
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 11/10/2005 6:06:25 AM PST by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:53:26 AM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Pokey78
42
posted on
11/10/2005 6:53:38 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Tax-chick
Breathtaking.
That kind of phrase-turning is not for amateurs or the faint of heart.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:55:12 AM PST
by
NCSteve
To: Pokey78
Likewise, if you marginalise religion, only the marginalised will have religion.
Awesome line.
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posted on
11/10/2005 6:56:10 AM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Pokey78
A decade ago, for example, I tended to accept the experts line that Japans rising sun had gone into eclipse because its economy was riddled with protectionism, cronyism and inefficient special-interest groups. But so what? You could have said the same 30 years ago, when the joint was booming. The only real difference is that Japans population was a lot younger back then.I didn't know Steyn did economic analysis, but he nails that too.
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:00:13 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Good job Ohio, we defeated George Soros at the ballot box 2 years in a row)
To: Bob from De; Freee-dame
And when it comes to those living in France aged 20 and under, about 30 per cent are said to be Muslim and in the major urban centres about 45 per cent. If it came down to street-by-street fighting, as Michel Gurfinkiel, the editor of Valeurs Actuelles, points out, the combatant ratio in any ethnic war may thus be one to one already, right now, in 2005.
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Which should be stated on every newscast that discusses "youths" throwing molotov cocktails.
IT'S THE DEMOGRAPHY!
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:00:51 AM PST
by
maica
(We are fighting the War for the Free World --Frank Gaffney)
To: Dog Gone
Someone needs to send a copy of this to the Mexifornia legislature and insist on a mandatory reading.
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:01:02 AM PST
by
antisocial
(Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
To: Pokey78
Steyn is the greatest non-fiction writer alive today.
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:06:32 AM PST
by
Sloth
("I don't think I've done a good job for 25 years" -- Mary Mapes. "I agree." -- Sloth)
To: Pokey78
A hyper-rationalist might dismiss the whole God thing as a lot of apple sauce, but his hyper-rationalism is a lot more vulnerable in a society without a strong Judaeo-Christian culture...if you marginalise religion, only the marginalised will have religion. Thats why Frances impoverished Muslim ghettos display more cultural confidence than the wealthiest enclaves of the capital.Brilliant, and true.
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:06:42 AM PST
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("(I've had) too many wives and taken too many drugs." -Ambassador Joe Wilson)
To: Pokey78
M. de Villepin put it very well: What does it matter where this path leads, nowhere or elsewhere?LOL
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:09:02 AM PST
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("(I've had) too many wives and taken too many drugs." -Ambassador Joe Wilson)
To: Pokey78
Unless you act, youre going to lose your world. Mr. Steyn does indeed 'get it.'
L
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:12:04 AM PST
by
Lurker
(If you don't want an Originalist nominated to the SCOTUS, I don't give a damn what you think.)
To: Pokey78
It is not necessary, incidentally, for Islam to become a statistical majority in order to function as one. Ask the Shiites and Kurds of Iraq about the numbers game. They spent decades being dominated by 25% of the country's population. I have no doubt that if the North Africans get motivated and organized, they'll be able to push the French majority around with surprising ease.
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:12:15 AM PST
by
Steel Wolf
(* No sleep till Baghdad! *)
To: Pokey78
American firearms owners have a popular slogan: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Likewise, if you marginalise religion, only the marginalised will have religion. Thats why Frances impoverished Muslim ghettos display more cultural confidence than the wealthiest enclaves of the capital.Yes! Yes! Yes! Why is this so hard for the elites to understand?
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:13:14 AM PST
by
NCSteve
To: A. Pole
Very interesting perspective.
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:13:58 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
To: NCSteve
If I tried that, I'd probably just sound silly :-).
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:14:39 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: Pokey78
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:21:32 AM PST
by
Rosemont
To: Pokey78
The thesis of this whole problem: modern liberal values lead to disintegration and the collapse of civilization.
The solution to this problem: Christian values build civilizations and vibrant, energetic, and prosperous cultures.
To: Tax-chick
I wonder if M. de Villepin got the subtlety. If English wasn't one's first language, it might be difficult to understand how deep was the jab.
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11/10/2005 7:31:17 AM PST
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NCSteve
To: Pokey78
Thanks for the ping, Pokey! Is it my imagination, or is Steyn getting glummer (or at least more nihilistic) as he writes about Eurabia?
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posted on
11/10/2005 7:32:30 AM PST
by
alwaysconservative
(Everything I ever needed to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11)
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