Notes from the Other

Dr. Megalommatis is at it again, writing in his usual cryptic style, which is another way of saying that he has posted a confusing and ill-edited op-ed piece.

The piece in question is an apparent repudiation of an old book that I'm not familiar with, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations. The book, published a decade and a half ago, was written by a Clinton adviser and apparently endorsed by Henry Kissinger. Make of that what you will.

I may be crazy, but it seems to me that this blog was also targeted. The name, Classical Values, appears five times not counting the title, and toward the end he uses the phrase 'restoring Classical Values' (it always appears capitalized), which is part of this blog's subtitle: 'end the culture war by restoring classical values.'

Now, the only way the good doctor could have considered such a piece to be a refutation of this blog was by not reading the blog at all. Of course, I may be imagining things, and building on a coincidence, but why write a meandering, senseless attack of a fifteen year old book, and what does this last bit have to do with Huntington?

And how can you dare believe that the present Clash of Political - Religious Ideologies is a Clash of Cultures to which you think you may put an end through - again disastrously misperceiving reality - restoring the supposed 'Classical Values'?

'Restoring' 'Classical Values' on any other territory except Europe consists in sheer Cultural Discrimination; 'restoring' 'Classical Values' in Europe is a suicidal repetition of the same Deception.

These unrealistic and deceptive, false intellectuals should be told once forever:

- Your 'Classical Values' are not classical, and are not values.

(As far as I can gather, Huntington's thesis was that Islam's sense of superiority and divine sanction necessitates new modes of foreign policy, not a restoration or imposition of classical values.)

I don't think I'll ever have a reason to mention this guy again. Unless he begins to make sense.

posted by Dennis on 07.10.07 at 11:23 PM





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Wonderful, Dennis. Thank you!

Obviously another fan of our satire who simply cannot contain himself!

Eric Scheie   ·  July 11, 2007 10:02 AM

approached Eisner vowels lightning,rug personally:attuned

Anonymous   ·  July 16, 2007 05:43 AM

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