Those accustomed to looking only for superficial explanations of the violence in the world (i.e., those who limit their inquiries to what political figures, the mainstream media, and house-intellectuals have to say), might consider the deeper cultural factors that work to bring down civilizations. It might be instructive to be told that the name of the rock band performing at the concert hall that was the principal target of last-night’s well-organized slaughter of innocents in Paris is “Eagles of Death.” What is the mindset that attracts so many to an anti-life theme, and what thinking helps to produce it? How many young men and women would have attended a popular music concert performed by a band with the name “Spirit of Life?”

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