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GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Monday that bigotry and prejudice, especially in regard to Muslims, were common in Europe and called on governments to tackle the issue. -- from this news item
The assumptions, the skewed knowledge, the mental set, the entire world view, of Louise Arbour, of all the louise-arbours of this world, need to be anatomized, spread out on a table, or possibly held up for close inspection. How did she arrive at her views, and at her position? What is it that went into her formation? Did she study history? Has she studied Islam? Has she bethought herself, and wondered if, just possibly, she had a duty to study Islam, and a duty to study the history of Islamic conquest and subjugation of non-Muslims -- Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Buddhists, and others -- in time and space? Or should she remain content with the bland assumptions of Bush and Blair, that because the word one commonly uses for Islam is "religion," then therefore, Islam is entitled to automatic respect, without more thought, because "religion" is a good thing?
One suspects that Louise Arbour would protest. She would insist she does not see it that way, for she would be horrified, would she not, to be put in the same galere as George Bush. Or as one high Pentagon official, slightly rattled by my presentation but not rattled enough, tried to complacently assure me a few years ago that my view of Islam must be wrong and that Islam "must be alright" because, you see, "more than a billion people believe it." It's the old comical "fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong" -- updated, and far more dangerous as a basis for policy.
How do the louise-arbours of this world obtain their mental formation? As a Canadian civil servant, was she necessarily raised up to define herself as "NOT-American," which explains a good deal of her attitudinizing about the world. This attitude is struck by many others -– although by no means all -- in the Colossus To Our North. A small-scale variant on this are those New Zealand politicians on the left, whose attitudes, one feels, sometimes may be prompted by the desire to demonstrate that New Zealand is NOT-Australia.
The kind of people who make the world their plaything, and who wrap themselves in an unassailable mantle of Doing Good, because, you see, they are doing work for something they call into being, and that does not exist -- that "international community" they love to invoke -- are akin, in many ways, to those whom the historian David Cannadine described as having manned the British Empire. They were middle-class Englishmen who, in India and elsewhere in the Empire, could enjoy a status and a level of comfort that they could never have had at home.
In the modern world, people outside the West find the salaries and benefits of these “international organizations” staggering, and the work conditions comical in the lightness of the load. And for Westerners such as Louise Arbour, or her sister-under-the-skin Mary Robinson, or for that matter the egregious Brian Urguhart, defender of Annan and the U.N., coute que coute (and Annan and his son both coute-ed a pretty penny), or the usual megalomaniacs of the Davos variety (such as Jeffery Sachs of the “I-Can-Solve-The-Problem-Of-Poverty” World Institute, specially created by Columbia for that self-same self-promoting comical Sachs), they have other reasons for being so big on the “international community” and in becoming “spokesmen” for this or that. For they are engaged in a curiously contemporary phenomenon: the citizen of the advanced Western world who identifies completely, or almost so, with some amorphous “international community” -- the chief enemy of which, as they see it, can be located in that advanced Western world. For that Western world is so cruelly intent on not sharing its own riches equitably. It is not eager to roll over and play dead -– not quite yet –- for all the others outside that world.
Such countries’ relative poverty or misrule is never connected to the belief-systems and consequent behavior, or even the natural abilities or inclinations, of the people in those misruled or otherwise un-advanced countries. For to focus on that would be to begin to suggest that some things -– the rule of law, the solicitude for the individual, the recognition of property rights (but not the untrammeled rights to accumulated wealth), freedom of speech and conscience, widespread literacy, an intelligent encouragement of free and skeptical inquiry, and so on -- might just be the reasons for the Western world’s success, and also for its own development of the tolerance which those same “international community” boosters think should be used to force that same advanced Western world to accommodate itself to those who are hostile to everything that makes the West the West. And when some in that West begin to rebel, then the likes of Louise Arbour, of all the little louise-arbours and mary-robinsons, assure us that it must be a matter of “Islamophobia.”
They are a strange and unpleasant breed, these IC-ites of the world. Part of their professional deformation, their fachidiotism, consists in minimizing or ignoring or destroying whatever special ties they might have had to their own country, that make them an American, or a Canadian. These ties of course require a certain interest in, and knowledge of, affection for, the history of their own country, its language, its literature, its art, its history, its good and even its bad. Their lives are half-spent in airports, and then in being greeted by some officious officials, with the usual smiles and handshakes, and possibly a little girl shyly stepping forth with a present of flowers or a hug. So much travel, so much jaw-jaw at so many solemn conclaves or meetings, meetings, meetings, so many Declarations of Principle, so many Peace Processes to “nudge” forward, so much Shuttle Diplomacy to engage in, so many chances To Feel And Be Important. Is it any wonder that all kinds of people find it is so much more fun, once you have graduated from a good college and, say, a good law school, to join some international group, some NGO of the standard America-and-Israel-bashing kind, or the U.N., or something of that ilk? Then you get to travel all over the place, but not wickedly as a “corporate lawyer” or Western businessman, but as someone whose allegiance and sympathies lie entirely with the “international community,” that god-damned non-existent and vicious construct, the “international community.”
Morally self-preening, Louise Arbour makes her appointed rounds, from world capital to capital -- today Davos, tomorrow Dacca -- and works, not quite understanding what she is doing, for the destruction of the very best that has been achieved in statecraft to protect art, and science, and freedom of thought of all kinds. That is, she works to destroy what has been achieved in the advanced West and could never have been achieved in Islam or under Islamic rule.
The Louise Arbours of this world harbor no doubts. They endure no private bouts with a directeur de conscience. She has no need to stare hard at herself in that five-star hotel room mirror and wonder about what will happen to Shakespeare, or Leonardo, or Mozart, or the whole embarrassingly rich panoply of those who were created by the Western world, and who in turn helped to create it, under the Islam that she, in her way, is helping to protect and promote, as the Jihad not of “qitaal” (including what we call “terrorism”) proceeds. Those whose allegiance is to a World Community betray their own countries, societies, and civilizations, and are applauded, feted, and self-applauded for doing so.
Posted by Hugh at September 23, 2007 7:37 AM
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I wish she wasn't a Canadian.
Posted by: ImNoDhimmi![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at September 23, 2007 8:09 AM
Louise Arbour's consistently pro-Islamic supremacist stance is disgusting, a disgrace, and a disaster for human rights throughout the world. She is too busy denouncing cartoons to have anything to say about the actual violations of human rights that involve the killing, torture, enslavement, rape, expulsion, and/or imprisonment of those who dare to either criticize Islam or leave Islam. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion has been thoroughly undermined under Arbour's leadership.
Louise Arbour should resign now before she does any more damage.
Posted by: Khaybar Oasis at September 23, 2007 8:12 AM
The sad irony is that she has been given this opportunity by the nations of the civilisation she is actively working to destroy. The United Nations would never have existed if it wasn't that the Western nations thought a body such as the UN could maintain peace for their people. Well, maybe they should have learnt more lessons from the failure of the League of Nations.
Rational people vs irrational people - the irrational will win unless the rational are prepared to stoop to the irrational's level.
Well, there's some comfort. Arbour et al will be the first to go.
Posted by: chrisse at September 23, 2007 8:31 AM
This should be no surprise to anyone. She headed up the kangaroo court against Serbs in their conflict for their very survival against these same Muslim's she says are direspected.
I too am very sad she's a Canadian. For probably the 50th time here I'll mention Canadian journalist Scott Taylor who in his book "An uncivil war" mentions he passed pertinent info about the Kosovo conflict to many prominent Canadians including Louise Arbour. As expected this info was completely disregarded, by her and the rest of her compatriots.
Posted by: The fanatic at September 23, 2007 10:42 AM
Moving from the depths of analysis and history to the seeming triviality of language, I feel obliged to ask --
Is 'fachidiotism' a word? Maybe an attempt to combine fascism and idiotism? But wouldn't that be "fascidiotism"? And what would that mean?
Posted by: StillBreathing at September 23, 2007 11:04 AM
I believe "fachidiotism" means not being able to comprehend anything beyond one's training or education. Basically, the inability to see the whole picture.
Posted by: Hubert the Friar at September 23, 2007 12:08 PM
It comes from the German "Fachidiot" or "subject idiot".
Posted by: Hubert the Friar at September 23, 2007 12:12 PM
Louise Arbour, Islamic pimp and facilitator, protector, professional international nitwit is an utter embarrassment to Canada. Shameful.
Posted by: sounder at September 23, 2007 1:54 PM
"... . How did she arrive at her views, and at her position? ..."
voluntary lobotomization; result of many years of sustained "recreational" drug use leading to diminished capacity of reason and logic; general idiocy (now a requirement for all high-power "leadership" positions at all levels globally); because it "just feels good" to do something "naughty" and or insane; suicidal tendencies; fratricidal desires (because all authoritarian wanna-bes must sooner or later comit genocide/fratricided, e.g. islamonazis, plain old nazis, communists, etc.); the strategic oil-monies weapon - tactically aimed at specific targets -e.g. "United Nations" and fired for maximum effect i.e. pro-islamists in key power-positions ... ?
Posted by: TINBH at September 23, 2007 1:58 PM
or ... specialized idiot. someone who is stuck in their field of study, unable to see more, as you said. a "fachidiotism" is something like a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism
Posted by: StillBreathing at September 23, 2007 2:08 PM
Greetings:
Several years ago, I concluded that moral superiority is the cocaine of the 21st Century. What a high!
A couple of nights ago, Charlie Rose hosted Sean Penn on the self-titled interview program. Sean Penn was discussing his new movie about a young man who moved to the Alaska widerness and ended up dead in pursuit of his personal vision.
Penn sat there pontificating about what a wonderful thing it was that the young man had this opportunity. During the interview, Penn waxed further about his worldwide "Visit a Tyrant" tour and his personal need to find out what is really going on.
To my knowledge, Penn dropped out of high shool. Previously, in the thoes of his pacificsm period, his car was stolen while he was at lunch in Berkeley (yes, that Berkeley). It was reported that he had several hanguns in the trunk on his vehicle.
Penn was permitted to smoke (tobacco, I hope) at will during the interview and in the presence of Rose and another guest.
Hey, why not.
Posted by: 11B40 at September 23, 2007 2:18 PM
a propos of almost nothing.... i discovered a place for "fachidiotism":
http://www.unwords.com/topic/19/0.html
Posted by: StillBreathing at September 23, 2007 4:17 PM
Ms. Arbour is and behaves like a professional and predictable bureaucrat (an organizational dhimmi). To get rid of Arbourism you have to employ Fachidioten instead.
Posted by: Osmund Bindalen at September 23, 2007 5:20 PM
I wish she wasn't a Canadian.
Posted by: ImNoDhimmi
I wish she weren't in a position of power and influence.
at September 23, 2007 6:45 PM
"the seeming triviality of language..."
-- from a posting above
Relieved to see the sentiment seemingly expressed saved by that "seeming" -- yes, the "triviality of language" is only "seeming," as the poster semaphores so neatly, because matters of word choice, word invention, word-anything, are not trivial, not where I come from. It's half the battle. It's all the fun.
Posted by: Hugh at September 23, 2007 8:23 PM
(she)called on governments to tackle the issue.
She might get what she wishes for - and end to Muslim immigration and deportation of all non-citizen Muslim immigrants. Issue tackled.
Posted by: Pelayo at September 23, 2007 10:52 PM
Re-edit -
United Nations High Commissioner for Virus' Rights, Louise Arbour, said on Monday that bigotry and prejudice, especially in regard to smallpox, were common in Europe and called on governments to tackle the issue.
Y'all know how smallpox was tackled?
Posted by: Pelayo at September 23, 2007 10:58 PM
The dreaded Louise Arbour.
Yes, the Fanatic, she did spearhead the ICTY in their oh so one sided case against the Serbs.
This article is about Kosovo, so let's take a closer look at just one area of the place. Remember that the MSM, ICTY, KLA and NATO all said that under Belgrade rule, that the Kosovo Albanians had been persecuted awfully.j
Let's focus on just one area, Djakovica, which is a small provincial town in south west Kosovo not far from the border with Albania.
Map
http://guernica.adpe.free.fr/Presentation/Kosovo/map_kosovo.gif
A population of a few tens of thousands - 70,000 for the town and 110,000 for the area - That's all.
Here's the extent of participation that the Kosovo Albanians played in the civil affairs of the town and local surroundings.
A The local police force was made up largely of Kosovo Albanians. 68 members were Kosovo Albanian in fact.
B In the large local bank - bank Investbanka - all the employees were Kosovo Albanian as was the manager.
C Of the large factories and offices over 90% of the employees were in fact Kosovo Albanian. The Agimi Trading Company for instance.
D The heating plant in the town was solely staffed by Kosovo Albanians.
E In the large medical centre in town, Isa Grezda, 740 out of 780 of the employees were Kosovo Albanian.
F In the Municipal Assembly, that is to say in the municipal administration in Djakovica 320 were Kosovo Albanians and 210 were ethnic Serbs.
G In the Agimi slaughterhouse, of the 120 employees, 10 of them were Serbs, the director was a Kosovo Albanian
H The model factory with 400 employees- Dolarija , a carpentary wear factory - less than a dozen were Serbs, nearly all the reast were Kosovo Albanian as was the manager.
I There was a large Electrical motor factory. Of the 1,200 workers, 10 were ethnic Serb.
J The Emin Duraku company, a cotton mill which had 6.800 workers, 120 Serbs, the director was an Albanian.
K A similar case with the Metaliku company with 800 employees, only 10 of them Serbs, the director once again an Albanian.
As for the supposed exodus of Kosovo Albanians from Kosovo, for the town, about 20% went to Albania, the rest stayed, despite huge threats from the KLA to leave.
LIn addition, there are - sorry, were - 18 villages where Albanian Catholics lived. and not a single one left for Albania although the KLA made every effort to expell them.
M the KLA presence was heavy - as their central HQ was in Malisevo a couple of dozen km to the east - and in this small area, 11 policemen lost their lives.
In the year prior to NATO's campaign, 98 to early 99, the KLA targeted 100's of loyalist Albanians. In the Djakovica area, the following are just some of the victims of the KLA. Often after horrific torture.
a Pajak Binak, killed on the 4th of May, 1998
b Nisa Nedjar( sp ) on the 19th of May, 1998
c Abaz Hoti on the 18th of July, 1998
d Krasniqi Prec on the 6th of August, 1998
e Krasniqi Prend. They were both killed on the same day. And Merturi Mira and Merturi Prend
f:Dreni Zef on the 29th of October, 1998
gKelmendi Haxhi, on the 24th of January, 1999
Witness: No.
h Kelmendi Besim and Kelmendi Shaban and Kurti Samir were killed, as well as Kurti Hisin all on January 12, 99
Many more ethnic Serbs, Rom, etc were also tortured to death.
So that's it. Mass murder - many of the bodies were dumped in Lake Raonish ( sp ) after terrible torture. fingers and toes cut off, wrapped up in barbed wire, being driven through villages tied to the back of a car. Women, young children, even babies have been uncovered at the canal there.
And a couple of years later on the 11th of September the US got a taste of what the ethnic Serbs, loyalist Albanians, Rom, Egyptians, Turks, Macedonians, Muslims, Goran, Croats Caucassians et al of Kosovo had been through
at September 24, 2007 3:05 AM
Hugh, of all your essays this has to be up their with the best. Which is saying a lot.
Sums up "these IC-ites of the world" so beautifully.
Posted by: ewha1 at September 24, 2007 3:11 AM
3 words regarding the ignorant "Pentagon official" who postulated that "Islam must be alright, because a billion people believe it."
"Argumentum ad Numerum." Check it out.
Posted by: darcy at September 24, 2007 10:27 AM
Excellent stuff!
Many years ago I coined a phrase for the very same type of person that Hugh is referring to.
A very good friend had an Aunt who's whole life had been spent flitting about in various NGO's doing her "good" work around the globe..her dhimmitude knows no bounds.
Her name was Susan...from thence forth I would dub any leftist/internationalist/dhimmwit a "Susan"..especially the males..this would amuse and confuse in equal measure.
Apologies if your name is Susan and you fight the good fight but often as not I can be heard saying..
"...What a Susan..!" when I read of inept moral and cultural relativism.
at September 24, 2007 12:15 PM
What to forbid next?
Tiger-ophobia?
Plague-ophobia?
Are rational fears to be forbidden?
To mollify the tigers and the plagues?
Good plan for the universal doom of Europe.
Or is that EU-ophobic?
Posted by: profitsbeard at September 24, 2007 7:28 PM
Whoops! I've just realised that the post about Djakovija I'd posted should be in the thread a coupld of threads down about the Albanian Kosovo woman. As any fule kno.
Posted by: ewha1 at September 27, 2007 1:27 AM
As a Canadian civil servant, was she necessarily raised up to define herself
no Canadian civil servants tend to be those who would not do well in the marketplace and it appears the civil service is just a very expensive day care for never do wells that unfortunately gives them power over their betters and one of the reasons you see so many Canadians bureaucrats going from the Canadian civil service into the UN is Canada was one of the founding nations and a driving force behind the formation of the UN at one time
at September 28, 2007 1:13 PM
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