Mark Steyn: Oh God, am I just being neurotic?

Macleans ^ | 10/05/06 | Mark Steyn

[Pokey78]

Steyn ping!

[RobFromGa]

[GOPJ]

"A growing number of people will think of themselves as citizens of the planet rather than citizens of the West, or Islam, or Chinese civilization." He provides no evidence for this assertion, and I would wager that it is, as they say in Britain, bollocks on stilts: the idea that an identity rooted in nothing more than the planet as a kind of universal zip code will ever be sufficient is laughable. The opposite is more likely to prove true: the more types like Martin promote the nullity of post-nationalist identity -- what he calls "multicultural tolerance and respect" -- the more people will look elsewhere, to pan-Islamism and much else.

Insightful - as usual...

[CharlesWayneCT]

Bumpie.

[eureka!]

Steyn is, uh. Heck, can't find words to describe his genius.

BTW, kewl autograph. *flushing green with envy*

[My2Cents]

That's outstanding!

[My2Cents]

She wanted me to write a John Kerry election diary. Easy gig. All I had to do was follow him around and mock him mercilessly.

Three lines into this piece, and I'm already laughing.

His book, BTW, is a must-read.

[leilani]

WOW! You got him to sign it to your freep name?

[RobFromGa]

I had my name legally changed to RobFromGa :-)

[Steel Wolf]

I agree. His book was brilliant. If anyone's on the fence about buying it or not, do yourself a favor and go get a copy.

[RobFromGa]

If you pay the full price at Steynonline then you can get him to inscribe and sign it (like I did). I think it comes to like $32 for the inscribed book vs. $20-25 at the bookstore or Amazon.

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for the ping, Pokey! It's hard to believe that Steyn has such moments of self-doubt, since he exudes such assurance, but that also makes his observations (to me, anyway) that much more forceful.

[alwaysconservative]

I am sooooooooooooooooo jealous!

[wideawake]

My small town is more forested than it was either a century or two centuries ago.

Reminds me of when I went on a guided tour of the Gettysburg battlefield and the tour guide said: "We don't have a clear view here like Brockenbrough did because of all the trees in our line of sight."

A tourist was puzzled by this and she said: "But weren't there a lot more trees here back then?"

The guide told her they were almost no trees in those fields in 1863 and that the trees were a more recent addition to the landscape.

She didn't buy it, not comprehending that back when the loaf of bread you ate was made from grain in your neighborhood rather than in Nebraska, trees were considered a waste of good farmland.

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[Steel Wolf]

If you pay the full price at Steynonline then you can get him to inscribe and sign it (like I did). I think it comes to like $32 for the inscribed book vs. $20-25 at the bookstore or Amazon

I wish I had known! I'd gladly have shelled out some more for a signed copy. I may have to regift my current copy, and get a signed one...

[james500]

"I heard a story on the radio this week about some new Austin Powers-style "fembots" that are being developed by -- guess who? -- the Japanese. These aren't like your old twelve-buck blow-up doll from PornoMart on Toronto's Yonge Street, they're much more lifelike and they cost 300 grand -- as, indeed, many real broads do these days."


LOL

[itsamelman]

[detch]

Al Gore will be suffering from "blue vitals" long before he acknowledges that militant Islam was heating up the planet while the earth was sinking back into the Ice Age we were warned about all through the 1970's.