The level of preconceived bias in the piece is pretty staggering. Just a few sentences in the review "They have instinctively understood that Islam itself, while strong, is exceedingly brittle, as communism once was". Most exceedingly brittle things don't tend to continue to grow for 1,500 years. "...it may be that, on the whole, he sometimes behaved better than his peers." How generous minded. "Needless to say, Mohammed must have had many qualities out of the ordinary, some of them positive". He could be talking about Hitler. "Spencer does not deal in this book with the attractive qualities of Islamic civilisation, or rather civilisations...But in my view Spencer is right not to drag in such a red herring". I think that about sums it up.
What the hell is that site, Frank! Just gave it a bit of a look beyond the book review; just one random phrase, "I'd rather fight than join the religion of peace."
The level of preconceived bias in the piece is pretty staggering. Just a few sentences in the review
ReplyDelete"They have instinctively understood that Islam itself, while strong, is exceedingly brittle, as communism once was". Most exceedingly brittle things don't tend to continue to grow for 1,500 years.
"...it may be that, on the whole, he sometimes behaved better than his peers." How generous minded.
"Needless to say, Mohammed must have had many qualities out of the ordinary, some of them positive". He could be talking about Hitler.
"Spencer does not deal in this book with the attractive qualities of Islamic civilisation, or rather civilisations...But in my view Spencer is right not to drag in such a red herring". I think that about sums it up.
What the hell is that site, Frank! Just gave it a bit of a look beyond the book review; just one random phrase, "I'd rather fight than join the religion of peace."
ReplyDeleteInteresting article, Frank. Scary site. This is the voice of the politics of fear.
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