The Ruin of England. Mark Steyn;
https://www.steynonline.com/7858/the-ruin-of-england
The groupthink in our public discourse is so pervasive it goes as unnoticed as the air. For example, let's say a bunch of young girls are blown up at a pop concert. You have to say something about it. But what?
Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, on what he called the "incident" (seriously) at Manchester Arena:
We will not allow terrorists who seek to
sow fear and division to achieve their aims.
Likewise, Amber Rudd, the British Home Secretary, had no doubt about the intent of the attack:
Its intention was to
sow fear its intention is to divide.
Even on the Continent, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and would-be scourge of Brexit, was admirably on message:
Once again, terrorism has sought to instil fear where there should be joy, to
sow division where young people and families should be coming together.
The London press weighed in:
Those who perpetrated this attack hope to
sow division.
And the Canadian press:
To state the obvious: Terrorist attacks are meant to terrorize and
sow division.
And the American press:
Isis and the other purveyors of terror are gradually succeeding in
sowing division...
You'd be surprised how easy it is to sow division. But take it from the Scottish press:
It's very easy to
sow division...
Yes, yes, but what do the experts say?
Paris (AFP) - By targeting children at a pop concert in Manchester, the Islamic State group aimed to cause maximum outrage and
sow divisions by turning people against Muslims, experts say.
When death stalks the land, make no mistake: He may look like a grim reaper, but he's really a grim sower. An entire sowing bee of experts has so decreed. Indeed, in their warnings about sowing division, our betters are so non-divided that they give off the faintly creepy whiff of fellows all reading off the same cue card helpfully biked round to them by the Central Commissar ten minutes after the "incident" occurred.
A good read...
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