Comments on: Farewell Britannia http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell_britannia/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Hotchkiss http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell_britannia/#comment-412 John Hotchkiss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:25:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell-britannia/#comment-412 It is not so difficult to imagine a similar fate in a not-too-distant future for democracies in the New World. It is not so difficult to imagine a similar fate in a not-too-distant future for democracies in the New World.

]]> By: Alex Reed http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell_britannia/#comment-411 Alex Reed Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:06:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell-britannia/#comment-411 "This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper." In this sad case of the demise of freedom and democracy in Europe, Eliot was wrong. It ends in silence. Will we be so docile? Will we go so quietly? “This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”

In this sad case of the demise of freedom and democracy in Europe, Eliot was wrong. It ends in silence.
Will we be so docile? Will we go so quietly?

]]> By: Maggie's Farm http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell_britannia/#comment-413 Maggie's Farm Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:57:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell-britannia/#comment-413 <strong>Tuesday Morning Links</strong> Green Fascism update: Tom Friedman drinks the warming Kool-aid. More on Friedman at Powerline. The Socialist legacy of Bali at Patterico. Also, Mayer Hillman says:“When the chips are down I think democracy is a less important goal than is the prote... Tuesday Morning Links

Green Fascism update: Tom Friedman drinks the warming Kool-aid. More on Friedman at Powerline. The Socialist legacy of Bali at Patterico. Also, Mayer Hillman says:“When the chips are down I think democracy is a less important goal than is the prote…

]]> By: Flash Gordon http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell_britannia/#comment-410 Flash Gordon Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:15:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/17/farewell-britannia/#comment-410 Someone said, I forget who, that the tree of liberty has to be watered with blood every so often or it dies. But what if the tree is dead so long it has rotted and dried and been blown away with the wind? Are the people whose liberty has been taken so blase' they just can't be bothered to care about it? Someone said, I forget who, that the tree of liberty has to be watered with blood every so often or it dies. But what if the tree is dead so long it has rotted and dried and been blown away with the wind? Are the people whose liberty has been taken so blase’ they just can’t be bothered to care about it?

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