Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
(Robert Frost) Of one thing I’m sure: there will be no lack of voices promoting desire, or poo-pooing concerns over hate – “Techno-Narcissists,” is what James Howard Kunstler calls some of them.
Someone always will say
what people want to hear.
Like “eat more pizza, gentlefolk,
and drink a bit more more beer.”
(Inspired by the conjunction of apocalypse naysaysers and David Kopel)
A certain pseudo-Kabbalist, Ugly American aging porn (or is it “pop”?) star who gins up crowds these days by “performance art” outrages, had no St. Petersburg cathedral handy to desecrate, so she trampled the distinctive Orthodox cross on stage instead.
Did I mention that they only hate us because we’re free and wonderful?
L’affire Pussy Riot plus this outrage send a pretty clear message: the Christophobic barbarians, east and west, have figured out that Orthodox Christianity, especially in situ, is not uncritically receptive to modern liberal democracy and doesn’t have a paralyzing guilt complex. We tend actually to think some things are sacred (besides orgasm and the almighty buck) and that sacrilege is bad.
Now there’s no Orthodox Fatwah out for Madonna, but there’s a lawsuit that might get her attention and, if nothing else, she may find that she’s persona non grata in some parts of the world.
Poke a finger in their eye, trample their sacred symbols, mock their faith and their supposed backwardness, and then claim the mantle of martyrdom when they deny a visa next time.
Did I mention that they only hate us because we’re free and wonderful?
Please don’t say she’s “courageous,” by the way. Let her go to Damasus and trample an effigy of the prophet and I’ll consider giving her dismembered pieces credit for once having been a courageous living tart.
But liberals won’t do that any more than Pentecostals will walk on water. They only mock safe targets. This fighting back thing, even with tools like summonses and complaints for damages, is infuriating. They need a longer term strategy so that the world can be made safe for a state that occupies every stinkin’ inch of space outside of the bedroom – and subsidizes the bedroom.
Did I mention that they only hate us because we’re free and wonderful?
O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries,
and by the virtue of Thy cross, preserve Thy habitation.
(Troparion of the Cross)
Our local newspaper’s “Rapid Response” solicitation for Sunday’s paper:
Question: This week, the City-County Council in Indianapolis approved offering health benefits for the domestic partners of its public employees. The plan would cover same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Do you think governments in Greater Lafayette should consider similar plans?
My answer was passed over:
On the addled theory that “it’s none of government’s concern who consenting adults sleep with” (or whether they’re sleeping with anyone at all), I would only favor this sort of benefit if a public employee could claim health benefits for any one other person, no questions asked – mother, brother, sister, lover, homeless person from the gutter.
There are countless reasons why the paper might have chosen not to publish it, but like to think it’s because it unmasks that domestic partnership benefits are mostly about affirmation of Certified Victims.®
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