tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post810255090600297545..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: On the Other Hand, Who Wants to Return to a 7th Century Male-Female Dynamic?scaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-72151785511955562842012-01-22T08:14:07.966-05:002012-01-22T08:14:07.966-05:00From what we read about the growing incidence of r...From what we read about the growing incidence of rape in Europe, not to mention the goings on in Tahrir square, Banna may have been quite accurate in portraying his people as mere animals who have little control over their impulses. <br /><br />We have such unfortunates in the West as well. They manifest as left wing mobs. By and large, however, the West rose to preeminence by favoring the faculties of the prefrontal cortex over those of the reptilian brain stem.<br /><br />In a sense, this distills the essence of the whole right wing -left wing conflict. The use of man's higher, reasoning faculties is by definition an individual pursuit, and therefore demands as a precursor precisely the individual freedoms so favored by the right. Conversely, a strong reliance on reptilian instincts is necessary for man to exist within a collective.ReluctantSerfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348441146023438934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-54718784886449868962012-01-21T13:03:22.512-05:002012-01-21T13:03:22.512-05:00Jehan Sadat's "A Woman of Egypt" is ...Jehan Sadat's "A Woman of Egypt" is an interesting read. She is seriously critical of the Muslim Brotherhood, and not just because they were implicated in her husband's assassination.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277713882450290045noreply@blogger.com