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Entry: Big Brother in Brussels Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/big_brother_in_brussels#6886 Post contents: Bede, Thanks for the compliment. And I repay them in kind, as I find your comments enlightening. I have often felt that the key in topics was proportionality, that is integrating the love of country (or patria), the love of one's own "blood," the love of one's traditions and culture...because a man takes pride in his race does not mean, at least to me (or shouldn't mean) that he necessarily "hates" other races or considers them to be "inferior." "Different"--yes. Traditionally conservatives (or better, Traditionalists) have understood this. When we oppose government usurpation we do not do it out of "hatred," but rather out of love for our culture and our traditions, and, yes, of our ethnic heritage and our race. There is absolutely nothing intrinsically "hateful" or "racist" about that. Nor does it violate the Church's teaching regarding the respect that is due to each individual as a creature of God (the fullness of "human dignity" according to traditional teaching is only found in full communion with Christ and His Church).Russell Kirk became a Catholic in the early 1960s, but he also defended anti-egalitarian principles throught his life, and he understood that what science and scientist might have to say about the differences and potential inequalities that might exist between the races did not change our obligation to love our brother and give him due respect. Sent at: 2008 10 06