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THE FOLLY OF RELATIVISM.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
All cultures are not equal. Some are wicked. The moral horror of Sept. 11 is a vivid reminder of this truth. Unfortunately, relativists in the West don't see it. They continue to insist on a perverse cultural neutrality.
Consider the heckles last week that greeted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's tribute to Western civilization.
"We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and -- in contrast with Islamic countries -- respect for religious and political rights," he said.
Many in the Western elite pounced on Berlusconi. "It's totally contradicting the values in which we believe," said Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel.
Michel's values evidently don't include a strong belief in Western culture. One wonders if Michel would like to make good on his "enlightened" contempt for Berlusconi's remarks by moving to a country like Iran. Would his devotion to cultural neutrality hold up in the face of its grotesque punishments, its treatment of women, its invasion of legitimate freedoms, etc.?
Berlusconi's comments, though impolitic (as he was pressured to admit), convey an essential truth: ...
- Israeli settlers rebelling against Sharon's withdrawal plan.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Robberson, Tod February 3, 2005 700+ words
...everything, including their children, for Israel's sake. To other Israelis, they are radicals with a death wish. To Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the settlers are a political headache that simply won't go away. They threaten to split...
- U.S. marketing ills diagnosed as 'death wish.' (American businesses are failing...
- Magazine article from: Supermarket News Tosh, Mark August 17, 1992 700+ words
...marketing in the United States often is "death-wish marketing," which is the main reason...loyalty and brand equity." Shulman said "death-wish marketing" -- what he calls those efforts...brand -- is on the rise. One sign of a death-wish marketing campaign is if it is based...
- The vicious Death Wish vigilante who became an icon for lawless times.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 2, 2003 700+ words
...Independent) CHARLES Bronson began the film 'Death Wish' playing a mild-mannered, liberal...le sacre monstre." But it took 'Death Wish' and a return to America to seal his...cold, gun-toting killer. Then 'Death Wish' arrived and he was made. Bronson himself...
- Why Winner is still raving about his 'Death Wish' movie.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 5, 2006 700+ words
...is in no doubt - his vigilante movie 'Death Wish' is the most copied film in the history...Connection." But he is unrepentant about 'Death Wish'. "It was a complete watershed film...he said in an interview to promote 'Death Wish' being launched yesterday in a special...
- India: Jindal: At the wrong end of the stick.
- News wire article from: Business Line July 31, 2001 700+ words
...import tariff issue resolved have been in vain. And the desperate appeal from Jindal Aluminium to the Prime Minister was practically a death wish as it had already sent a notice for closure of its unit at Bangalore to the Karnataka Government with...
- The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Soren Andersen column: ?Brave One' seems like...
- News wire article from: News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) September 14, 2007 700+ words
...well, just like Charles Bronson in "Death Wish"? Yes, we've seen this picture before...of introspection and moral anguish "Death Wish" lacks. That aside (and the change...everywhere (a big change from Bronson's "Death Wish" days), it's hard to believe that...
- National heritage death wish afflicts Dumaguete.
- Newspaper article from: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 6, 2002 700+ words
...in the name of progress. It seems like we have a national death wish for our cities. Manila is in decay. Baguio's beauty has...unlike any other city in the Philippines. But the national death wish may have fallen upon Dumaguete. The axe is falling slowly...
- Ridding drivers of death-wish mentality.
- Newspaper article from: New Straits Times November 23, 2005 700+ words
...Times (Malaysia)) Byline: YEO I READ with much interest about the death wish of many Malaysian drivers of motorised vehicles. Here's how to get rid of the death wish mentality of many Malaysian motorists: * The Government must improve...
- Suicidal mum had death wish, says nurse.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 26, 2006 700+ words
...life after walking out of St Patrick's Hospital, had a "death wish", a psychiatric nurse said yesterday. Mrs Madigan, who...counsel, Richard Keane SC, the nurse said Catherine had a "death wish". At one stage he said she complained of being worried about...
- Did Messy Divorce Fuel Death Wish?; Military Massacre Probe - Part 1.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 10, 2006 700+ words
...s top stories. Happening now, did a messy divorce fuel a death wish? It's 5:00 p.m. in New York, where a building blast...But up first this hour, a messy divorce and an apparent death wish, a massive explosion, a fiery aftermath. Those are the...
