Charles Johnson Mon Dec 31, 2001 at 9:45 am PST • Views: 169
An encouraging development: Pakistan has arrested Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba organization blamed for the attack on Indian Parliament. India called the arrest “a step forward.” I just saw a report on Fox News as well, that India and Pakistan have agreed to a face-to-face meeting.
In every language, the first word after "Mama!" that every kid learns to say is "Mine!" A system that doesn't allow ownership, that doesn't allow you to say "Mine!" when you grow up, has -- to put it mildly -- a fatal design flaw. From the time Mr. Developing Nation was forced to read "The Little Red Book" in exchange for a blob of rice, till the time he figured out that waiting in line for a loaf of pumpernickel was boring as f*ck, took about three generations. ... Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don't get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.