tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post7559962185837166258..comments2023-09-22T11:08:46.559-07:00Comments on Musings in the Public Square: Free and/or Virtuous SocietyJason V. Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726938160255627838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post-7560287795800181892009-12-30T12:38:52.494-08:002009-12-30T12:38:52.494-08:00Thanks. Blogging has helped me work out ideas and ...Thanks. Blogging has helped me work out ideas and converse with others regardless of our physical location-much to the chagrin of my Porcher Friends.Jason V. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726938160255627838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667996740307605258.post-90252859401983645442009-12-27T10:52:25.891-08:002009-12-27T10:52:25.891-08:00Very Tocquevillian correction, thanks. India is c...Very Tocquevillian correction, thanks. India is certainly getting more prosperous and in many ways more just. And that's gotta be bad for the Hindu tradition and its super-strong family values. (I don't think it's necessarily fatal, and traditions can be more adaptive than the prochers sometimes suggest.) But any American or any Christian would see both good and bad (and some very bad, as you say) in that tradition. This is a small part of the general question--has the West beginning with St. Francis Xavier and then, of course, the British empire, been good for India? There's no yes or no answer to that one. The Churchillian, imperial, "natural right" yes is far from completely right, but neither is the simple-mindeded anti-imperialism or traditionalism that would back up an unambigous no. All in all, the mixture that is India has a quite promising future, given good leadership and some good fortune. Peter Lawler<br />--This is the blog of the year, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com