Certain posts within the blogosphere radiate much longer and brighter than the initial protagonist’s opinion that spurred them. “The Dutch, Ledeen & an unrepentant Nazi,” written by h. in response to this Ledeen rant, and followed by this and this, and now today, this, are such gems.
Especially relevant considering Pakistan’s decision to ban the Nov. 22 issue of Newsweek for “desecrating the Koran” in an article “about murdered Dutch film-maker Theo Van Gogh and pictures of a woman with Koranic verses inscribed on her body.”
You might consider it a cop-out on my part not to be adding my two-cents at this point. But h. is a formidable instructor and a seeker who lit-the-fire here and tends it carefully, and like a tramp whose found a refuge from the bitter cold tracks, I’m still contemplating the sparks in the embers.