* <<F5U.1382>> Incomplete quotation
Badly sourced, badly edited quotations abound on social media sites,
and it drives me up the fucking wall.
K's mother reposted a Winston Churchill quote, and here's the text
that overlays Churchill's image:
CHURCHILL ON ISLAM:
"How dreadful are the curses
which Mohammedanism
[Islam] lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy,
which is as dangerous in a
man as hydrophobia [rabies]
in a dog..."
What? Why in wailing hell would you end the quotation there? Why?!
The remainder of that sentence is the most important part – THAT'S
WHY THE SENTENCE BEGINS WITH "BESIDES"! Furthermore, he only stays
on the subject for a single paragraph in the source work
([[
https://archive.org/stream/1899RiverWarVol2/1899%20River%20War%20Vo
l%202#page/n279/mode/2up][The River War, 1st edition, Volume II]]);
how damned hard would it be to just reproduce the entire paragraph?
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its
votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a
man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits,
slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and
insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet
rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace
and refinement ; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that
in Mohammedan law every woman must ~belong~ to some man as his
absolute property—either as a child, a wife, or a concubine—must
delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has
ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show
splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of
the Queen ; all know how to die ; but the influence of the religion
paralyzes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger
retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund,
Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytising faith. It has already
spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every
step ; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong
arms of science—the science against which it had vainly
struggled—the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the
civilisation of ancient Rome."
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Excerpted from:
PUBLIC NOTES (F)
http://alph.laemeur.com/txt/PUBNOTES-F
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