tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post4812730907181665914..comments2024-01-09T15:03:54.986-05:00Comments on Wolf Howling: Thomas Sowell Opines On Politics, Race & MulticulturalismGWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-63561767657383509872010-04-14T12:59:16.558-04:002010-04-14T12:59:16.558-04:00The other problem is that the Leftist's effort...The other problem is that the Leftist's efforts are designed to divide and conquer. By managing to identify groups, and then cultivate the issues of conflict within those groups that are at odds with society in general, they succeed in establishing points of controversy that are unanswerable, and therefore remain open raw sores. Ignore race? you're racist. Address race? you can't - you aren't black, you don't count. There is no way to address the issue from a rational, logical position. The _only_ acceptable answer is "gimme all you got". This is obviously unacceptable to those whose "gots" they want, and the possibility of igniting a real conflict is elevated. In the confusion of actual bloodletting conflict, they plan to emerge as the leaders who will be the only beneficiaries of such a conflict.<br /><br />Sowell is the voice of one crying out in the wilderness. I doubt that those who need him most will hear him, but he is a gift to all of us.sueknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-50466761252257646022010-04-13T08:02:24.001-04:002010-04-13T08:02:24.001-04:00> One of the most ominous developments of our t...> <i>One of the most ominous developments of our time has been the multicultural dogma that all cultures are equal.</i><br /><br />Indeed, it's the "Wronger than wrong" error of reasoning:<br /><br />It's called <b>Asimov's Axiom</b>, after the noted author Isaac Asimov, who discussed the issue in his book of essays, <i>The Relativity of Wrong.</i> <br /><br />Put simply -- a statement that equates two errors is wronger than wrong when one of the errors is clearly wronger than the other. As Asimov put it:<br /><br /> <b> * "When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together."</b><br /><br />Applying the notion to this instance:<br /><br />Are there things wrong with Western Culture? Sure, no question. It's a human-produced construct, so it can't help but have problems. But if you think that Western Culture, <i>particularly because of its errors <b>of the past</b></i>, is just as bad as Islamic Culture, <i>with its continued, ongoing oppression, brutality, and misogyny</i> is <b>just as wrong</b> as Western Culture, then you're just a f***ing <b><i>idiot</i></b>.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.com