[browardchad]

Cuckolds are always tempted to save face by suggesting that it is sophisticated to accept the "complexity" of their situation.

And do nothing.

Good post; welcome to FR.

[Blessings]

"The rise of Eastern religion in Western societies may be summarized as an attempt to displace an agonizing belief in the reality and objectivity of evil."

Excellent op-ed piece, however, I think the author generalizes about Eastern religion. In my experience and study, Eastern spritualities are as merciless on ignorance and all delusions as Western religions. They all state that Truth cannot be realized without full awareness of the false self and the inevitable damaging consequences of living out of that ego-driven state.

Unfortunately, just as in Western religion, some will not understand the fullness of the spiritual teachings.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

We will never live in a rational world. We can only secure a relatively peaceful world, through practical strategies designed to destroy evil before it can grow out of control . . .

. . . a huge majority of adults understands that radical evil must be destroyed as quickly as possible, while the liberals and academia, along with their protesting children, refuse to even imagine this frightening ontology. The moment we begin to face the fact that evil must be punished, or it will grow, we understand that we are always at risk, and that utopia is impossible in this world.

It is only radically evil regimes with which we are at all willing to go to war . . . which is why we are never surprised that our enemies do not adhere to the Geneva Convention.

If we trusted them enough to believe that they would adhere to that, we would trust them enough to believe in negotiating with them rather than fighting with them.

[Poincare]

But then there is the considerable number of anti-war leftists that believe that America and Bush are evil. They would be laughable if they weren't so dangerous.