[Peace-discuss] Ibn Khaldun - 14th century Tea Party Guy

[C. G. Estabrook]

What inconsistencies do you descry?

Brussel Morton K. wrote:
> Sorry to offend your sensibilities, but there are nuances in Hamlet and 
> the Illiad that are starkly lacking here. Looked at critically, they are 
> even inconsistent.
> 
> I'm no expert in the effectiveness of the Commandments, but they seem to 
> have been more violated then observed (by self identified Christians), 
> but I suppose that should not detract from their purpose as manifesto. 
> Some culltures/civilizations seemed no less humanitarian without them, 
> if indeed the Commandments (are supposed to) represent humanitarian 
> strictures.
> 
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:37 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
>> Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>>> These seem like simplistic soundbites (like the 10 commandments).
>>
>> That's a view about as well-informed as one that would regard Hamlet 
>> as a soap-opera, or the Iliad as a script for an action movie...
>>
>> Forgive me for offering a piece of my own as an alternative reading:
>>
>>     March 29, 2005
>>     Anarchism Against the Laws of Kings
>>     The Subversive Commandments
>>     
>> "...the Ten Commandments in their historical setting are a 
>> revolutionary manifesto, dedicated to the overthrow of traditional 
>> authority and religion...
>>
>> <http://www.counterpunch.org/estabrook03292005.html>
>>
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