23. okt. 2014

Stefan Molyneux: Canadian Terror Attacks: What You Need to Know!



I think Stefan Molyneux side steps much to fast in this show, - shifting his focus far too quickly to a discussion on the history of Christianity (and religion in general) in stead of focusing on the issue of Islam and Islamism.

I am not really sure it is helpful to compare the history of Islam to the history of Christianity - nearly as much as it would be helpful to inquire deeper into the specific nature of Islam - both historically and today. Then the focus and theme would be "a clash of values", which would be much more to the point.

Also I dislike the proportionality remarks - about who has killed how many on each "side", which is irrelevant and also collectivist.

Finally the talk about "imperialism" is at best over-simplifying and in the case of Canada it is not relevant at all.

- And what kind of empire do the US have in the Middle East, where there is absolutely no room for american values to be promoted (for instance there is no room for Christianity)? So we have an empire without the promotion of american values, without taxation and without the institutions of the so called empire?

If   Molyneux likes to dwell on historical comparisons why does he not try and compare the empires of Great Britain, Rome, Spain, Egypt or  Greece with the so-called american ditto?

The US has a military and economic hegemony in the world  which an entirely different and much more limited phenomenon.

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