When “what if” and “what might be” and “what should be” predominate, then what is has come to be regarded as too boring even to consider.
Clem Tartessos, Designing the Past.
The consequences of the western notion of cultural relativism? Westerners can no longer know authenticity. And what of those who promoted the idea? What of them?
Winslow Crabb, A More Satisfactory World.
November 1, 2002. I recall someone saying aloud, “anthropology to the rescue!” But for the life of me I can’t remember who it was (or what he had in mind).
Reginald Boyington, Dear Dreadful Diary.
Leftism—no matter what kind—is always a form of surrender.
Amanda Willcoxen, ed., The Philosophical and Literary Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.
Science Fiction: A reliable depiction of the present.
W. Karl Bavinger, The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.
Let’s remove the word “very” from our usage. We should discard it. Eradicate it.
Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.
Hedonism: contempt for the body, expressed indirectly.
W. Karl Bavinger, The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.
Membership in a category is what determines all. The Marxian frolic.
Desmond Urquhart, The Unsocial Sciences.
The people who make dramatic claims on the basis of “cultural relativism” seldom show any willingness to act on those claims.
Stefan Jannings, Prolegomena to Any Future.
“Don’t let your fear take control of you,” said Colin. “Let it be a part only. Part and parcel.”
Harrison Wilmer, The Michaelmas Killings.
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