Over the past few years, I have devoted short chunks of time to reflect<\/i> on what is my personal ideology. I suppose age is a natural motivator for this sort of process, but there have been other fuels burning that fire. Most notable among them is being accused of ideological relativism; of offering explanations to phenomena rather than solutions to problems; of flagging any subject on which I don’t have a strong position as being too unfocused to be worthy of an position; of using tolerance as an excuse for avoiding a clear standing on subjects in which I am actually not confident, or more to the point, knowledgeable.<\/p>\n
You probably visit this site due to an interest in gaming, programming and "modern" entertainment. I hope you enjoy the few contributions that I can make in the form of source code, commentary and links to interesting articles. I won’t bore you with details of my personal reflection on religion, politics, morality and the coveted meaning of life. But this article<\/a> by Dan Simmons (of "Hyperion" fame) was one of the best essays I’ve read in a long time. It addresses most of the issues going on in my head about the practical conflicts raised by immigration and tolerant multiculturalism.<\/p>\n If anything, it reaffirmed my relatively recent conviction that preserving the western model of human rights is more important than preserving religious, cultural and national identities and qualities. How<\/i> you achieve that, and who uses that as an excuse for fulfilling less humanitarian agendas, are completely different topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the past few years, I have devoted short chunks of time to reflect on what is my personal ideology. I suppose age is a natural motivator for this sort of process, but there have been other fuels burning that … Continue reading