Comments on: The Liberals Will Not Blame Islam http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael Zeleny http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-149573 Michael Zeleny Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:57:12 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-149573 You mischaracterized Weber's Gewaltmonopol des Staates, which identifies state not as the sole possessor of the right to use violence, but as its the sole source. I have commented on the article by Jill Lepore and her immeasurably more interesting sources here: http://larvatus.livejournal.com/232684.html You mischaracterized Weber’s Gewaltmonopol des Staates, which identifies state not as the sole possessor of the right to use violence, but as its the sole source. I have commented on the article by Jill Lepore and her immeasurably more interesting sources here:

http://larvatus.livejournal.com/232684.html

]]> By: Nate http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-148902 Nate Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:28 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-148902 My immediate reaction, which seems to be common amongst the previous commenters was something along the lines of... Europe? “civilizing process”??? BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! (*gasp*) HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (*wheeze*) HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (*cough*) HA HA HA HA HA.... (*thud*) After regaining consciousness from laughing so hard that I ran out of oxygen... I mean...c'mon...there's no denying that we Amercans can be violent...and when we want to be, we're pretty damned good at being violent; but Europe - being more civilized than the US? The whole continent was a disease riddled meat grinder up until the last 60 years or so. Some serious "historian" needs to add up all those war dead over the centuries and come up with an honest rate for slaughter. I don't expect the US to come out all shiny from such a comparison either, but 2 per 100K per year seems...either wishful thinking or downright fiction. My immediate reaction, which seems to be common amongst the previous commenters was something along the lines of…

Europe? “civilizing process”???
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
(*gasp*)
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
(*wheeze*)
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
(*cough*)
HA HA HA HA HA….
(*thud*)

After regaining consciousness from laughing so hard that I ran out of oxygen…

I mean…c’mon…there’s no denying that we Amercans can be violent…and when we want to be, we’re pretty damned good at being violent; but Europe – being more civilized than the US? The whole continent was a disease riddled meat grinder up until the last 60 years or so.

Some serious “historian” needs to add up all those war dead over the centuries and come up with an honest rate for slaughter. I don’t expect the US to come out all shiny from such a comparison either, but 2 per 100K per year seems…either wishful thinking or downright fiction.

]]> By: Maggie's Farm http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-148879 Maggie's Farm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:00:49 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-148879 <strong>Euroland vs. America...</strong> Quoted in a piece at NYM on homicide: By the time European states became democracies, the populace had accepted the authority of the state. But the American Revolution happened before Americans had got used to the idea of a state monopoly on fo... Euroland vs. America…

Quoted in a piece at NYM on homicide:

By the time European states became democracies, the populace had
accepted the authority of the state. But the American Revolution
happened before Americans had got used to the idea of a state monopoly
on fo…

]]> By: j. Stryker http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-148861 j. Stryker Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:59:17 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-148861 If one is using a prediliction for a particular political structure as difference between murder rates between continents, why wouldn't causalties from continent wide wars be included in the European homicide rates? They are wars between states and those states are a result of that predeliction for that political structure. I would take from the comparison that Europeans are relatively peacefull until they start massacring each other by the tens of millions. I think I prefer our system. If one is using a prediliction for a particular political structure as difference between murder rates between continents, why wouldn’t causalties from continent wide wars be included in the European homicide rates? They are wars between states and those states are a result of that predeliction for that political structure.
I would take from the comparison that Europeans are relatively peacefull until they start massacring each other by the tens of millions. I think I prefer our system.

]]> By: JDZ http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-148776 JDZ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:54:07 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-148776 I fixed the typo. NP I fixed the typo. NP

]]> By: Lazarus Long http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-148733 Lazarus Long Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:16:17 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-148733 Note to self: proof read before pressing Send. Note to self: proof read before pressing Send.

]]> By: Lazarus Long http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/11/06/the-liberals-will-not-blame-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-148691 Lazarus Long Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:30:25 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=7681#comment-148691 Yeah, we're so backward that we have not yet learned how to heard people into gas chambers. Yeah, we’re so backward that we have not yet learned how to heard people into gas chambers.

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