February 7, 2006
The New Franz Ferdinand
When Gavrilo Princip pulled the trigger to kill Austria's Archduke Ferdinand I don't think anyone thought that his action would lead to a bloody war lasting four years encompassing most of the world's nations.
The actual causes of the war between the Allies and the Axis powers were simmering for a while.
Ten or fifteen years from now, will we remember "Jyllands-Posten" in the same way?
The straw that broke the proverbial camel's back?
Jihad Posted by AlexC at February 7, 2006 7:18 PM
That right there is the truly scary question.
Posted by: Silence Dogood at February 8, 2006 6:30 PMWW One is the weakest part of my admittedly weak historical knowledge, but my reading is that a generation died and no constructive good was done. I'll sit still for a correction if it's warranted.
My fear is that that is the other parallel -- a clash of civilizations without an outcome.
Posted by: jk at February 8, 2006 6:52 PM | What do you think? [2]