Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Ah, the Virtues of Tolerance

When a society ceases to believe in the value of its own history, customs and religious traditions, then "tolerance" (more accurately, intellectual ennui) contributes to the creation of a philosophical and political vacuum which can, and frequently is, filled by the excesses of zealots. Melanie Phillips writes of the jihad in Britain (H/T: Carpefraise).

Update: The pernicious influence of radical Islam is, of course, felt here in the states, too.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"....doomed to repeat itself."

Alas, the land that was once Great Britain.

Deborah Leigh

JeffS said...

Marvelous.

missred said...

there is a strong anti israel, pro palestine sentiment in britain so i am not surprised by the cowtowing of academics and neither should anyone else who lives there.