Saturday, August 19, 2006

Vox Day made the point on Northern Alliance Radio

That "liberalism" is an insufficiently robust philosophy to survive the assault on Western Civilization from Islamists.

The "liberalism" I'm referring to is called libertarianism in the US: the philosophy that has been growing in Western Civilization since the time of Solon.

Day pointed out that secularism isn't worth a damn without Christian support, and Islam - not to speak of Islamism - will never support secularism.

As a libertarian, I understand the value to individual freedom of political secularism - nobody deserves to be arrested or killed because of their religious beliefs - but I have to admit that pure secularism and pure liberalism - excuse me, libertarianism - get nowhere without the support of the locally dominant religion.

Christianity, Hinduism and Taoism are (sometimes) strong supporters of individual freedom. The Minaret of Freedom is trying to make the case for freedom among the Muslim.

I wish them luck. Indeed, give them money.

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