 | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Pedro Silva
| | | | (...) I will be more inclined to agree that China has continuously been an extremely important civilization, rather than Egypt (which is now only a part of a much wider culture). But yes, you have a point - ultimately, those who came before laid the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
| | | | | (...) On the other hand, what have they done recently? Have the Chinese or Egyptians contributed to the world anything of note in the past thousand years? At all time and in all places, every accomplishment is made standing on the backs of giants. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Pedro Silva
| | | | | (...) The Chinese sold pasta to italian merchants. They "invented" gunpowder (I am not sure of the date, though). And they chose the ultimate path a great civilization can afford to, they ignored the rest of us *because they could afford to*. And up (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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