The New Colossusby Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" |
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Leonard Peikoff on the S11 2001 Terrorist Act of War against the United States
Guest:
Dr Leonard Peikoff, Founder of the Ayn Rand Institute
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Topics covered include:
The importance of philosophy in understanding the current crisis. The philosophic link between the terrorist attack and anti-capitalist demonstrations. The origins of Middle East terrorism in Western appeasement - starting with governments being allowed to seize oil fields developed by Western companies in the late 1940's.
The terrible precedent established by allowing the death threats on Salman Rushdie to go unanswered. How America helped to build up the Afghan terrorists. Bullies can detect fear and uncertainty. How terrorists could not be a threat without the sanction and support of foreign governments.
The need to retaliate against the governments who support terrorists, rather than just the terrorists themselves -- including military strikes against Afghanistan and Iran. Why America is hated. How bankrupt philosophy in America has encouraged terrorism. The significance of this event for Western Civilisation - if this threat is not removed, it'll be the beginning of the end for the West.
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