tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post697836959959287740..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: You Can't Compromise With A FanaticClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-83545357340235339192013-09-09T15:33:26.058-06:002013-09-09T15:33:26.058-06:00ASDF, It's only a matter of time. the only que...ASDF, It's only a matter of time. the only question is will it be reported in the press as homophobia or sexism?Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-45598377474349702802013-09-07T17:12:34.286-06:002013-09-07T17:12:34.286-06:00Soon, you'll find a hetero couple baptizing a ...Soon, you'll find a hetero couple baptizing a baby, and the man declares himself the mother. By the new definition, why not?asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-81912556868026472822013-09-07T14:43:32.024-06:002013-09-07T14:43:32.024-06:00I would like to think that this is going to solve ...I would like to think that this is going to solve the problem...but I fear that much of the remaining reproduction is disproportionately the fanatic Islamists.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-63861245771030041172013-09-07T13:39:08.897-06:002013-09-07T13:39:08.897-06:00Iran has had the largest decline in fertility of a...Iran has had the largest decline in fertility of any major nation - down about <i>70%</i> in the last 30 years, to well below replacement (1.7 children/woman).<br /><br />Other Moslem nations have had major declines though still above replacement (Syria, down 50% to 3.0).<br /><br />The only Moslem nations which still have high fertility are Afghanistan and Yemen.Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-83286300847113904912013-09-07T13:34:47.946-06:002013-09-07T13:34:47.946-06:00Hmm. I wonder if the Byzantine Iconoclasts were in...Hmm. I wonder if the Byzantine Iconoclasts were influenced by the Islamic ban on representational art, which ultimately derives from the same Old Testament source.<br />Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-86531654838935136802013-09-07T12:53:09.529-06:002013-09-07T12:53:09.529-06:00As I've noted elsewhere, I'm highly uncert...As I've noted elsewhere, I'm highly uncertain about the "Islam über alles" thesis after reading David "Spengler" Goldman's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Civilizations-Die-Islam-Dying/dp/159698273X/" rel="nofollow">works</a> on the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-End-World-Just/dp/1614122024/" rel="nofollow">closing of the Muslim womb</a>.<br /><br />It appears that in the modern world, educating Muslim women results in a fertility <i>crash</i>, and in the places of most interest we're only seeing significant fertility in the U.K., Egypt (which may well starve) and Pakistan.<br /><br />This is something the leaders of e.g. Turkey and Iran are acutely aware of, and is driving more than a little of their hurry.ThatWouldBeTellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910231314995266781noreply@blogger.com