Cold and wet snow here in the Mid-Atlantic again. Time to open a bottle of Sherry, good music, relax and read the news. A news cruise. So put this on as background while you hop around Infidelphia. I know it's long but oh so worth it.
Oh no, you Crazy Jihadis. She's ours. We ain't sharing.
Moscow Symphony performing magnificence by one of the Russian Five
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Oh no, you Crazy Jihadis. She's ours. We ain't sharing.
Moscow Symphony performing magnificence by one of the Russian Five
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
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The excellent Citizen Warrior has a new thought-provoking article about the multiculturalist dogma that 'all cultures are equal' . The article was actually so thought-provoking it set me to thinking of whether there is any logical argument that can demonstrate the inequality of cultures, and it occurred to me that different cultures can be thought of as 'sets' of beliefs and customs which may or may not overlap.
If we apply set theory to multiculturalism then Judeo-Christian civilisation can be shown to be superior to Islam, because when examined closely, Islamic culture is seen to be nothing other than an impoverished subset of Judeo-Christian culture. Consequently, Islamic culture cannot add anything to ours, it can only subtract and destroy.
Every aspect of present-day Islamic culture that appears to be different from our own is in fact already contained within our culture, it's just part of the subset of beliefs and customs marked 'history'. For example - tribalism, theocracy, punishment by amputations, repression of women, honour killings, blasphemy laws etc - we've been there and done that and given it up centuries ago.
As with adolescent vandals, those who lack creativity can only express themselves by destruction, and Muslims are very good at destroying the products of other civilisations (known as 'Jahiliyya') . Remember the Buddhas of Bamiyan!
If you look carefully at the process of Islamification in Europe, you'll see that nothing is being added (apart from babies and mosques), but much is being taken away. Almost every Muslim demand is culturally destructive and 'subtractive' rather than 'additive'. They want to remove pig statues, ban alcohol, curb free speech, stop teaching art, music, drama, biology and other 'un-Islamic' subjects in schools. And the mere presence of Muslims in the West reduces the quality of life, with security restrictions on travel; and kaffir women and children in Muslim-infested cities unable to move and play freely for fear of sexual predators.
In contrast to the subtractive impacts of Muslims on Western civilisation, Muslim clerics in in Dar al-Islam are paranoid about the addition of aspects of Western culture such as fashion, music, toys, cinema, art, science etc to their own, which they refer to as 'Westoxication'
So, no matter what the multiculturalists tell us, Islam cannot bring 'cultural enrichment' to the West - it can only bring cultural impoverishment.
To say that Muslim immigrants are worthless is to overvalue them. In fact they have a negative cultural worth, because their attempts to Islamify the West are an attempt to reduce the rich culture of a superior civilisation to a depleted and restricted subset.
Cultural Nationalist -- I take it that was your way of saying you liked the symphony?
One of the Russian Five?
Who are the others?
Remember, Arvo Part is Estonian, not Russian.
;-)
From Wiki:
From Wiki:
Scheherazade (IPA: /ʃəˌhɛrəˈzɑːd, -ˈzɑːdə/), sometimes Scheherazadea, Persian transliteration Shahrazad or Shahrzād (Persian: شهرزاد Šahrzād, Arabic Šahrazād), is a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights.
The frame tale goes that every day Shahryar (Persian: شهريار or "king") would marry a new virgin, and every day he would send yesterday's wife to be beheaded. This was done in anger, having found out that his first wife was betraying him. He had killed three thousand such women by the time he was introduced to Scheherazade, the vizier's daughter.
In Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of The Nights, Shahrazad was described in this way:
"[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred."
Against her father's protestations, Scheherazade volunteered to spend one night with the King. Once in the King's chambers, Scheherazade asked if she might bid one last farewell to her beloved sister, Dinazade, who had secretly been prepared to ask Scheherazade to tell a story during the long night. The King lay awake and listened with awe to Scheherazade's first story and asked for another, but Scheherazade said there was not time as dawn was breaking, and regretfully so, as the next story was even more exciting.
And so the King kept Scheherazade alive as he eagerly anticipated each new story, until, one thousand and one adventurous nights, and three sons later, the King had not only been entertained but wisely educated in morality and kindness by Scheherazade who became his Queen.
The nucleus of these stories is formed by an old Persian book called Hezar-afsana or the "Thousand Myths" (Persian: هزارافسانه).
Oh, if it were only THAT EASY to educate a Muslim.
LOL
Also from Wiki -- The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful (Russian: Могучая кучка, Moguchaya kuchka), refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856-1870: Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin. The group had the aim of producing a specifically Russian kind of art music, rather than one that imitated older European music or relied on European-style conservatory training. In a sense, they were a branch of the Romantic Nationalism movement in Russia, with the Abramtsevo Colony and Russian Revival striving to achieve similar goals in the sphere of fine arts.
The Arabian Nights are great stories. If you haven't already and get the chance see the old movie The Thief of Baghdad. Great stuff.
I love Arvo Part's music.
If you ever get the chance to go to Bangkok, then not far from one of its entertainment center(Girls girls Girls)is the Arab quarter.
There you will find an incredible restaurant,"Scheherazade",the food is great, but no booze.
Ironically, it was some Israelis that took me there, before going to Nana Plaza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Plaza
OOOOPs
I'm not sure how this thread went from Scheherazade to Trannies but what the hell.
Sir Publius must have had a hand in this. . .
In the link i gave there is a photo of Kathoeys (ladieboys)
In Nana Plaza, it is not possible to take photos of the girls.
In fact Both Muslims and we in the west could learn quite a lot from how Kathoeys are regarded in Thialand
Anyway MR I am sorry if I disrupted the tread
I just so happened that the mention of Scheherazade, just brought back some nice memories
We have a virtual Kathyboy for a President. I guess we could learn what Kathyboys are good for, so the next four years might be a little less unpleasant.
Maybe we could get Obama to bite Ahmadinejad's dick off while turning a trick.
Sorry if I took your thread even further askew, MR.
Actually, I'm not really sorry.
Damn that Platypus.
Gents -- NO APOLOGIES NEEDED! It's just always funny to watch these threads turn.
Pastorius said...
Maybe we could get Obama to bite Ahmadinejad's dick off while turning a trick.
Now thats impossible, it so small it will slip through the gaps in Obamas teeth
Ahmadicklessjihad?
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