tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post20918899257824499..comments2024-03-18T08:02:51.154-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Fighting Islamist Terrorism, the Chinese WayStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8610776072718421452017-06-19T11:51:37.866-07:002017-06-19T11:51:37.866-07:00How long will it be before the West is UNABLE to i...How long will it be before the West is UNABLE to implement the Chinese approach?sestamibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713681322114049960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-35861852202761462912017-06-19T11:46:06.118-07:002017-06-19T11:46:06.118-07:00As a former altar boy I'm impressed. You got s...As a former altar boy I'm impressed. You got some heavy hitters there. I always use initials because I'm a lazy derelict on that kind of stuff. Being crazy is no big deal as a matter of fact done well it can be quite fun. Thanks for the reply.<br />Ps. The Jesuits ran into a little trouble in the New World when teaching the doctrine of Transubstantiation. The natives of that time weren't very enthusiastic about note taking.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48846911538893653102017-06-19T09:57:11.125-07:002017-06-19T09:57:11.125-07:00Oh, and of course the picture... I almost forgot. ...Oh, and of course the picture... I almost forgot. It's Thomas Aquinas. Another saint and Doctor of the Church. A true giant, in every dimension imaginable. So that's 4 saints, 2 writers. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-42407752087624303312017-06-19T06:49:04.380-07:002017-06-19T06:49:04.380-07:00James: Here is the answer to your query... please ...James: Here is the answer to your query... please don't think me pedantic, but I think it is wise to share the background on the whole pseudonym/persona, though I will begin with your immediate question: <br /><br />Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatoru. It's the Latin for the Roman Catholic Discalced Carmelite Order, or the Carmelites, abbreviated O.C.D. I'm not a lay member of the order, but do love the writings of Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. Both are saints and Doctors of the Church who made lots of powerful people uncomfortable in their day. Couldn't fit both names in, so I went with the abbreviation. <br /><br />Ignatius is for Ignatius of Loyola, the mystic who inspired legions of Christian heroes -- the Jesuits, the once-great Catholic Jedi knights, until they succumbed to Modernity after over 400 years of breathtaking impact, <br /><br />Acton is for John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, more commonly known as Lord Acton (though I could do without the aristocratic silliness), who spoke truth to and about power (regarding his own pope!). <br /><br />Chesterton is for Gilbert Keith Chesterton (anything but an aristocrat) who is perhaps the most brilliant, beautiful and a jolly a writer as I can possibly imagine. He walked the full distance of spiritual growth in his lifetime, and wrote about it in the most prescient ways. <br /><br />So three saints and two brilliant writers. All personal heroes of mine. And every one of them stood for the Truth (John 3:16) and not one of them would be cowed by the extraordinary volume of nonsense our modern "tolerance" culture speaks about, which is really the most disgusting manifestation of sentimental indifference. It empowers the lesser demons of our nature, rather than Lincoln's "better angels." Those who would say they have transcended the human condition are very dangerous indeed. To believe that, you have to go to college. <br /><br />So now you know your answer, lest you think me crazy. That said, I suppose I am crazy.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47059421911869448892017-06-19T06:45:26.853-07:002017-06-19T06:45:26.853-07:00AesopFan: Yep. Did you catch any of Zuckerberg'...AesopFan: Yep. Did you catch any of Zuckerberg's commencement address at Harvard this year? My, my, what these wealthy technophiles propose be done with other people's' money. He wants a universal wage! A man with a net worth today of $62.9 billion proposes a national policy of compensating people using taxpayer funds (in the midst of deficit spending) without any tie to value contribution. What a fool! It's this kind of gushing sentimental indifference that is the hallmark of Silicon Age, a more vacant upgrade of the Gilded Age. People who speak and say nothing of value because their Leftist philosophy is an assault on the very idea of value. Gates, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Schmidt, Allen, et al. They all have this phony, robotic, agnostic, feel-good belief system that informs them that they know better than the rest of us. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-24044855920337606882017-06-19T06:37:08.204-07:002017-06-19T06:37:08.204-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-73060437706077715372017-06-18T21:47:02.237-07:002017-06-18T21:47:02.237-07:00Ignatius,
What's the OCD mean?Ignatius,<br />What's the OCD mean?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-73517854487680993292017-06-18T15:54:26.398-07:002017-06-18T15:54:26.398-07:00"It is interesting that the Seattle-Silicon V..."It is interesting that the Seattle-Silicon Valley tech oligarchs are so dismayed with American voting choices, scolding us that Trump is evil (a counter to Google's childish "Don't be evil" motto), yet they love, love, love China. They think China is nifty. " -IAC OCD<br /><br />The Left and Democrats in general are so dismayed with Conservative social-value choices, scolding us that homophobia and misogyny are evil, yet they love, love, love Islam.<br /><br />Consistently inconsistent.<br />Because the goal is nothing but power.AesopFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21347200279403231552017-06-18T11:11:49.585-07:002017-06-18T11:11:49.585-07:00It does feel nice to be able to repress people for...It does feel nice to be able to repress people for sharing religion with crazy people. The question is how you more effectively flush out the rats with minimal collateral damage.<br /><br />I suppose the logic here might be (1) Repress religious expression (2) Provoke an uprising by radicals (3) Justly crush the uprising.<br /><br />Once the radicals are all dead, offer to expand religious freedoms again if people play nice.<br /><br />Texas tried to do something like this with a "Draw Muhammad" contest. It's a little risky, but it beats waiting for a ticking time bomb.<br />https://news.vice.com/article/two-gunmen-killed-in-texas-draw-muhammad-contest-attack-identified<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-43762364029137656562017-06-18T10:53:46.777-07:002017-06-18T10:53:46.777-07:00Question: How many Muslim refugees -- Syrian or ot...Question: How many Muslim refugees -- Syrian or otherwise -- has China taken?<br /> <br />Answer: Zero.<br /><br />It is interesting that the Seattle-Silicon Valley tech oligarchs are so dismayed with American voting choices, scolding us that Trump is evil (a counter to Google's childish "Don't be evil" motto), yet they love, love, love China. They think China is nifty. No doubt they believe the smart set is running the joint. Well, the authoritarian smart set is, er, authoritarian. Maybe we should consider that when listening to left-brain software programmers telling us what is best for us, our economics and our society.<br /><br />Better yet, we should consider relocating all the Syrian refugees in Silicon Valley and Seattle, testing this supposed love of diversity. No? Then perhaps they can relocate their tech headquarters to Beijing. Starve the California state government that gets wackier and more one-sided every day.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.com