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Edited on Sun Aug-24-03 12:28 PM by philosophie_en_rose
Unfortunately, there is at least one Ann Coulter of every nationality and religion. I can only imagine how much fun Mr. Yoshida would have had in the internment camps, during WW2. After all, he argues that hateful, racist, cultural violence solves everything.
1) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.
2) Force (or the threat of force) has solved virtually all of the major problems in human history. It would be the height of folly to foreswear the use of force, or to not use it when it would be advantageous to do so.
3) Traditional Morality and Freedom are intrinsically linked. No society which does not adhere to a strict moral code can, in the long term, remain forever free. The abolition of the restraints provided by morality inevitably leads to the abolition of the restraints against despotism.
4) No Unfree society, however strong it might seem, can survive a sustained challenge from a free society. History is the history of the triumph of Western Civilization specifically because freedom provides the individual in a Western society with superior initiative.
5) Race is a meaningless concept from which we should be freed altogether
6) Culture is a meaningful concept and some cultures are better than others. It is perfectly acceptable to seek to promote a superior culture (or religion) over an inferior one.
7) Religion, and the belief in God, provides the key underpinning of traditional morality. Even atheists should advance the belief in God, because the concept of God can provide an explanation to promote the traditional morals which are essential to the maintenance of a free society.
8) There is a God and he remains involved in human affairs to some degree. He has chosen the United States of America as his nation upon the Earth, and his providence will help guide the Republic through the coming storm. All God-fearing humans are obligated to aid the American cause.
9) The Constitution, and any other document, is not a suicide pact. If I had to break the Constitution to save the Union, I would do so.
10) A world in which there is nothing worth dying for is a world in which there is nothing worth living for.
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