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Sunday, April 13. 2008

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The West reveals . . . a hatred of itself, which is strange and can only be considered pathological; the West . . . no longer loves itself; in its own history, it now sees only what is deplorable and destructive, while it is no longer able to perceive what is great and pure.”

Pope Benedict XVl, as quoted by Anchoress. We'd like to offer Benedict a hearty welcome to the USA - and we advise him not to park that Popemobile in a No Parking Zone in NYC - the cops will tow it... well, maybe they won't: they are still mostly Irish.

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The words of Oriana Fallaci, the atheist who considered Benedict XVI her soulmate, come to mind:

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past," Fallaci continues, citing the sad state of Western education today where "Students do not know history! They don't for Christ's sake. They don't know who Churchill was!!"

http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2005/06/quoti_am_an_ath.html
#1 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2008-04-13 12:47 (Reply)
Ditto Sissy...As a retired Marine I can tell you with confidence that one reason the USMC is the best fighting organization in the world is that they know their history. Every Marine whether in boot camp or officer's candidate school will be steeped in Marine Corps history. They will learn and remember the great battles, Marines who shaped the corps, lore and tradition. Marines of today know where they come from...Hence their love of Corps and country.
#2 Scott Wiggins on 2008-04-13 13:38 (Reply)
The "West", Pope Benedictus XVI refers to, is Europe, not America or the USMC.

If any one messes with the Holy Father or His things in NYC or DC; R CIA will be hell to pay.

Missy Oriana was typical atheist, for Christ's sake.
#3 Leag on 2008-04-13 14:22 (Reply)
True.
#3.1 BD on 2008-04-13 19:14 (Reply)
Ms Oriano is an example of wanting her cake while eating it.

I salute her effort, but her intellectual pride is the problem in Europe. No transcendance no hope, no hope no kids, no kids no future, no future and your peoples will be extinct.

We have a noted Muslim who's converted, now we need a noted enlightenment intellectual to claim Jesus the Christ as savior and lord.
#4 Phil G on 2008-04-13 22:19 (Reply)

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