Conversations with History: Mark Steyn

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer/critic Mark Steyn, the 2007 Nimitz Lecturer at Berkeley. Focusing on his new book, "America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It," they discuss Europe and America's relations with the Islamic world. In the interview, their conversation also focuses on the craft of writing in a multi media globalized world. Series: "Conversations with History" [5/2007] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12599]

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[somedude221]

Mark Steyn is awesome. I'm not even particularly conservative and he's totally awesome.

[MetalMan73100]

Radical Islam simply means orthodox Islam. There is nothing that is perpetrated by so-called "radical" muslims, that the Quran doesn´t approve of. These religious hooligans follow the book and take their calling very seriously. Radical Islam is highly orthodox and therefore synonymous with more Islam, super Islam and so on. There is no reason to make up excuses and refer to "only a few bad apples". The apples are more or less all bad, because they have come off a rotten tree. The fruits of evil.

[rbutler92go]

His prolific writing style is similar to the skillset used by an audacious brain surgeon, who removed sickness from the body, in order to resuscitate life.

[Schwyndfst]

Read America Alone!, no, better Listen to he audio book, this Steyn guy is as funny as wise.

[IS8x57IS]

@ryukXsayu27 if you substract the Arab and African births in Western Europe the rates are at least as low as the Eastern European ones! And they are so low because no woman in her right mind wants to put children in this Society, where she (and her man) have to work for other peoples children first (paying for the Arabs welfare, their kindergardens etc.) and then you may spend the rest that's left for your child! (Of course she has to pay for the kindergarden because she works!!!)

[blicious187]

@somedude221 Well from someone who is particularly conservative and also loves Mark Steyn, here's hoping you'll join us sooner rather than later. You're on the right track. : )

[regelemihai]

That radicalism transcends any kind of normal human interaction. They want to bring about the caliphate, and have stated so explicitly. Whether the West reacts violently towards them, as it has, or not, is irrelevant. When they're attacked, they're "radicalized;" when they're not, they're just as radical. The religion was spread this way long before the "West" had even existed.

I'm all for a civilized dialogue, but let's not muddy the water. Tell things as they are.

[boliussa]

@somedude221

Look up Douglas Murray, he's awesome too

[jrwilmott]

It is bloody rubbish. Very few 2nd generation Muslims attend a mosque, they have lost the 3rd generation. It is that fact alone that makes life so unbearable for many Muslims.

If they had a better culture we would adopt it. They prefer our way of life and therefore adopt ours.

[cmurphy2826]

Bertie Wooster the jihadist. :D

[ghulammuhammed3]

Can't Mark treat Islamic 'radicalism' as protest movement, reacting against the exploitative imperialism of the West, that has not lost steam, just as the era of European colonialism faded after WII. He is correct when he says, its not racism as even Whites are converting to Islam in droves. I would think, at least at one level, there are open-minded people who do not subscribe to West or particularly America's aggressive role in the world and do sympathize with the protesting Muslims.