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z2004-01-27- Hari Samurai Anti Modern Ecology
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Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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[Johann Hari] connects [Tom Cruise]'s "The Last Samurai" movie to fuzzy [Spiritual Ism], IslamIc Fundamental Ism, [Anti Modern Ism], and the [Deep Ecology] Environmental Ism movements. A global assault on the institutions of Modern Ity - and especially the core modern institution, the city (UrbAn) - is brewing. It is time we equipped ourselves with arguments in its defence... We must not be afraid to defend the greatest of all modern achievements: the contemporary metropolis - the sprawling, complex city. This is the pinnacle of human existence. Only in the metropolis can human culture and knowledge reach its bizarre, sublime peaks; only there can 10,000 strangers come together in a city square to hear music. Only in the metropolis can gays, Jews, women, dissidents, democrats and oddballs feel safe. If any form of human life has a mystical quality, it is not the RurAl village, but the beautiful, insane city. (Culture War)
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