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From the absurd, like invisible sculpture, to the unthinkable, like war, irrationality always tends to drift towards some form of nihilism and destruction – assuming it hasn’t already reached that point.
Using examples encompassing metaphysics to aesthetics, today’s Just Right opens with a lighter look at some of the outrageous “you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up” defective philosophical thinking that has surfaced in news accounts from the sixties to the present. It’ll make you smile. It’ll make you frown.
Whether the creation of “vagina egg art” or a proposal to have euthanasia vans drive around the country to help alleviate the problem of having “too many old people,” these examples represent some of the intellectual trends of the day. Frighteningly, the defective thinking behind such views is really no different than the current thinking behind today’s greatest political fad: so-called ‘climate change,’ and the outrageous political policies it has justified.
During the second half of today’s Just Right, the term ‘fight or flight’ takes on a new meaning when considering the fifth generation jet fighters like the F-22 Raptor or its latest incarnation, the F-35.
Much confusion has reigned in Canada around Prime Minister Trudeau‘s initial rejection of purchasing the F-35 as ‘the’ fighter jet to update Canada’s air defence. The confusion is understandable, given how much the story has changed over the past few months and how little is actually known about the particulars.
The F-35 and its predecessor, the F-22, are extremely sophisticated and complex engineering marvels that few appreciate. Today on Just Right, we bring the significance of these remarkable aircraft to the surface, and leave it to the listener to weigh the importance of these highly-technological weapons.
What’s at stake in making the ‘right’ choice when it comes to purchasing the technology necessary to do the job of national defence?
Will Canada choose to pay the price and make the right choice? Or make the wrong choice and suffer the cost? It’s far more than just a technical issue; it’s about freedom and the West’s protection against the world’s leading aggressors.
After all, when it comes to a free nation’s national defence, doesn’t everyone want to feel confident that our leaders are making the choices that are Just Right?
One Response to “468 – From the “Horror File” / The F-35: Fight or Flight?”
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The F35 is too expense e, too heavy, and too complex to do any of its too-many jobs well. Frank, Burlington