Good morning (much later to you, Mq). Attending the golf? I understand you are being treated to a tremendous display.
Which brings me to today's topic.
Tiger Woods is probably the best example of what can take place in a world where diversity and talent are allowed to converge and flower without restriction. This world is unfortunately a limited one and is seen mostly in the advanced West. Hong Kong and other Asian venues, too, of course, as Jay's return has reminded me.
Tiger, Dr. J., and Q have a lot in common. Their anti-types are OBL and his ilk.
I shudder to think of the talent that has been squandered in the Islamic world, where women are held back and It is on a leash. All the fine Islamic minds being trained in the madrassas, learning hate instead of mathematics, engineering, literature, etc.
The waste of talent must be stupendous.
I see the problem as being one of a culture intent on preventing progress, seeking a return to old (16th. and 17th. century) glories instead of accepting the fact that the Islamic world has been left behind by the West in innumerable ways.
The really sad part is that all of it is motivated by a silly superstition.
The Islamic perspective is one which I cannot fathom nor imagine. Why the restraints on women, freedom, art, music, culture, education, etc, but no similar restraints on hate, violence, and terrorism?
I just don't get it.
We're on the eve of a marvelous new world yet the Luddites want to hold us back in a time capsule in which their old achievements are preeminent.
Why? What's the point? Time doesn't stop.
No, there won't be a collapse in 2001. Nor will there be a general victory for the insane. Instead, there will be a steady progression towards a more prosperous future, one in which freedom will prevail.
Freedom, like our will to live, strive, and survive, has a life of its own. Can't keep it bottled up. It's partner is progress, and we're going to see more and more of it.
The Islamics (the "bad" ones, anyway) will come around. Can't stop freedom nor the drive to progress.
Sorry, guys, no crash this year or the next. Just the ebb and flow of growth.
Don't hide under your sheets. It's all going to be OK. |
