What makes the Mohammed Cartoon attack on radical Islam so potent that Bin Laden himself must oppose it, is two things. First, anyone can make fun of radical Islam. Second, the Cartoons are aimed at the weakest point of the Jihad: it's sources of authority. It is paradoxically true of all organized nihilisms that they rely upon their unquestioned authority to negate. For example, whereas Bolshevism could regard humans as expendable, dogma was sacrosanct. The real message of organized nihilism is that "everything is permitted" except to make fun of nihilism itself. Every act is lawful in radical Islam: to bomb markets, kill children, lie, cheat and steal. Everything: except to publish the Mohammed Cartoons. I argued that the Islamic reaction to Geert Wilders converted every paintbrush, chisel and computer into a bomb. Islam has to suppress every affront to Mohammed lest Mohammed be shown to be impotent against affront.
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RTWT. This is one of Wretchard's best posts in a while. Excellent references to Spengler and the Pope.
And of course, the Libs PC is the Islamist's best defense against our best -- and possibly totally NON-violent -- strategy to win... [UPDATE: And of course, Libs are constantly ridiculing conservatives as religious simpleton rubes while making excuses for the real simpleton rubes: the Islamists they like. This is why they are so upset at the ridicule building up against Obama -- their tactics are being employed against them.]
I haven't read all the comments but it looks like you should read them also.
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