Monday, July 29, 2002


A 3000 word oxymoron Or perhaps simply a moron... you decide. I found this link courtesy of Angry Clam, and it's well worth your time to read - as a humor piece, of course. The author rages against "freedom" and "democracy" and (predictably) "colonialism" and "globalization". Here's a quote:

In looking at this drive to market America by any means necessary, the resistance to this kind of ideological domination goes beyond any kind of physical battlefield. Rather, it entails the ability of Muslims to critically analyze and understand the system of Western colonization that has permeated our societies, to look beyond the material benefits that the US may offer in order to effectively study its policies of oppression and subjugation and to engage in a process of deep self-reflection in order to better understand and appreciate our own Islamic spiritual, economic and intellectual values. By coming to consciousness and understanding not only current day trends in America’s attempts to sell itself, but also historical cases of colonization we will not fall victim insha’ Allah (God-willing) to this war of cultural dominance.

The priceless part, of course, is that this self described opponent of cultural change, this prideful lion of the desert steppes....is writing in English on the internet and is a "senior studying international development studies and business economics at UCLA." At least Johnny Walker was consistent enough to his beliefs to travel to Afghanistan and pick up a rifle and fight for the other side. This fellow is too much of a coward to do more than talk.