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Watership Down

a: Watership down ~
b: The Holocaust

What: The Rabbits Getting hounded and killed? A discussion of the book.

Useful?
Writer: Andrew Sullivan
LCC: DD
Where:
Date: Feb 21 2012 1:11 PM


Hitler As Hitler

a: Hitler ~
b: Hitler

What: There is NO Analogy in contemporary politics or possibly in the history of the world. He was an old world crazy with modern weapons and an effective organization. The only leader who comes even close is Stalin. But their styles were so different it's difficult to make a valid comparison. The British historian Allan Bullock gave it a go in the linked book.

Useful?
Writer: LucretiaGermanica
LCC: DD
Where:
Date: Apr 12 2012 12:03 PM


Sometime It Comes Apart...

a: Western civilization ~
b: a form of stranded rope

What: "Western civilization is like a form of stranded rope: Judaeo-Christian religion; Roman law; Greek thinking/philosophy." This sermon is a very good discussion of the religious items and such.

Useful?
Writer: Fr. Ted Cosens
LCC: DD
Where:
Date: Dec 1 2012 11:14 AM


A-line In The Sky

a: Western civilization ~
b: a plane on auto-pilot

What: "At present western civilization is like an aircraft on auto-pilot, its moral course fixed in the Christian era, with nobody understanding where the navigational settings came from or how to adjust them, and fast running out of fuel. Despite his valuable scientific contributions, Galton's blindness to the needs of both political and moral order surely contributed to this unhappy state of affairs."

Useful?
Writer: Roger Sandall
LCC: DD
Where:
Date: Dec 1 2012 11:20 AM



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