Monday, July 05, 2010

Authority and Criminal Power

"Authority is progressively being destroyed by criminal power," wrote Philip Rieff at an earlier and calmer moment in the decomposition of Western civilization. In confirmation thereof, this video, a portion of which was posted earlier.

2 comments:

Gordon said...

As sobering as this video is, the behavior of the radicals toward soldiers returning from Afghanistan generated my all-time favorite headline, confirming that not everyone is has given up:

RADICAL MUSLIMS HURL INSULTS AT RETURNING BRITISH TROOPS -- BRITS HURL FROZEN PORK SAUSAGES AT RADICAL MUSLIMS.

Athos said...

I wonder what the chances are that the representatives of the Scimitar in the video would be able to organize, draw plans for, and build the edifices around which they make their protests. The buildings, commons areas, sidewalks, parks, all themselves are concretizations of a culture.

Mind: I could not reconstruct said buildings myself personally; quite true. But I have friends who could (and do) such architectural and construction.

Do they? Or, are they eager merely to impose Sharia upon the peoples and culture which produce places and structures meant for the commonweal? If so, such parasitical demands say effectually that Sharia is superior regardless of all evidence contrariwise heretofore. Let them bring forth evidence of such a past glory, Alhambra notwithstanding.