Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Monday, September 07, 2009 1:50:28 AM
"If nothing else,
Jihads of the tongue and of the hand, these "peaceful" struggles, provide a kind of plausible deniability, a convenient separation from those with blood on their hands, the jihahists of the sword."
Islam and Monoculture
By Murphy Donovan
The quickest way to end a war is to lose it". - George Orwell
Monoculture is a term that has been freighted with a lot of baggage, mostly negative. The origin of this compound word is usually traced to agriculture where it is used to describe a farm or a farming community that relies on a single crop. Tobacco, cotton, sugar, and now corn, are examples. The advantages of monoculture farming are obvious; seed, soil, water and equipment requirements are uniform. Yet standardization has a down side. Uniformity makes crops vulnerable to a single pathogen or pest; and the soil, once exhausted, needs to be replenished. Newer varieties of seed or more pesticides or more fertilizer are required. In short, the single crop specialist, over time, must work harder and faster to stay in the same place - until he or the land is exhausted. The tipping point of monoculture is often defined by a single vulnerability.
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