false 30112 0895260786 9780895260789 478 163 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168051862m/30112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30112.America_Alone_The_End_of_the_World_as_We_Know_It 16987 Mark Steyn 550 180 1 6 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 06:34:49 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 06:43:11 -0700 2007 I have no difficulty reading books with views that differ from mine, but I do not read stupid books.
The preface alone characterizes the 1980s and 1990s strife in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Balkans as the fault of ingrates who refused to accept the political boundaries given them by Western European Liberal Democracies.
Of course, being a journalist with a laughably uneducated audience, he would never use the term "liberal democracy," concerned that the use of the word "liberal" would make them uneasy, what with that term's derision on talk radio. So, he just says "democracy." It's incorrect, but let's not have our readers think too much, k?
This man still believes in the "America's about knowing what's best for yourself" ideal, and apparently earnestly.
Don't read this book. Not even as a joke. It's that bad.
Keep in mind I've not even gotten to the "substance" of the book.
Steyn argues that Muslims intrinsically advocate theocracy, as will their children. There may soon be more muslims than christians. This means that our children will all follow Wahhabic Islam, unless we act now. To avoid that, we need to stop being warm fuzzy multiculturalists.
No, seriously. This is the substance of the book.

I talked about this briefly on my blog, and ended up linked on his homepage for a couple days. I got so much fucking annoying harassment from his fans, all of whom were utter morons.

Wow. I didn't realize I had that kind of vitriol left in me.]]>