From: RAMADAMDINGDONG@P.ORG   
      
   "Bobby Farouk"  wrote in message   
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   > > "Bobby Farouk"  wrote in message   
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   > > (snip)   
   > >   
   > > I've never had any doubt about assimilation and how other cultures have   
   > and   
   > > may continue to benefit the one I come from. One of the most beautiful   
   and   
   > > important discoveries (I guess you could all it cultural, though it   
   > extends   
   > > beyond that) is yoga, which is Indian and probably regarded as hippy   
   dippy   
   > > in some reactionary quarters (I know the bible bashers are against it.   
   My   
   > > theory as to why is probably because it tackles the things they purport   
   to   
   > > tackle and makes you fit into the bargain).   
   > >  No, my argument is with the set of state diktats and campus manifestos   
   > that   
   > > have prevailed in English institutions and civil life. Dr Dalrymple has   
   > said   
   > > what I think, basically, and when I've said in the past what he's said   
   in   
   > > that article I've been jeered at, sneered at and generally howled down.   
   > Our   
   > > own resident nazi hunter Martha came after me and still thinks that I'm   
   > some   
   > > kind of roaring neocon because of it. The reason for the violent   
   reaction   
   > is   
   > > of course that old chestnut Political Correctness (you still get people   
   > > blithely saying it doesn't exist but funnily enough they are almost   
   always   
   > > very politically correct with years of campus life behind them) which   
   > hasn't   
   > > freed people but locked them into mutual suspicion and an inadaquate   
   idea   
   > of   
   > > personal liberty and freedom of speech. Old Flaubert had it dead right   
   for   
   > > Berkeley and similar: 'inside every revolutionary is a policeman.'   
   > >   
   > > cheers   
   > >   
   > > ROBBIE   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > I think another Flaubert(ism?) fits well (actually works for all   
   occasions):   
   > Whatever else happens, we shall remain stupid.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Ok, you like the whimper, I like the bang. Whatever, a point's been made   
   here and I don't see too many people refuting it.   
      
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