[MD] Quality decline

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt]
Is this the same Sayyid Qutb described on NPR's website as: "Qutb's writings
would later become the theoretical basis for many radical Islamic groups of
today -- including al Qaeda. 

[Arlo]
Yes. Bemoaning the decay of society (the "Quality Decline") is a matter of
perspective. And the knife wielded by nightmare politicians (foreign and
domestic) who promise to protect us from the boogeymen, while ferrying us back
to "the good old days".