Posted on 01/04/2017 10:40:28 AM PST by blam
The author of this good article, Jo Marchant did a very good job writing this article.
Now, at the end of the article she was unable to keep her political views and liberal opinion to herself. Below is the entry that offended me:
" The revelation is compelling for anyone with an interest in how great civilizations are born—and what makes them “great.” And with rising nationalism and xenophobia in parts of Europe and the United States, Davis and others suggest that the grave contains a more urgent lesson. Greek culture, Davis says, “is not something that has been genetically transmitted from generation to generation since the dawn of time.” From the very earliest moments of Western civilization, he says, Mycenaeans “were capable of embracing many different traditions.”
“I think we should all care about that,” says Shelmerdine. “It resonates today, when you have factions that want to throw everybody out [of their countries]. I don’t think the Mycenaeans would have gotten anywhere if they hadn’t been able to reach beyond their shores.”
To me, this is in reference to Trump's stated policy of enforcing the law against illegal immigrants and sending them back home.
I'm seeing these sorts of things in many articles these days with most making reference to Man-Made Global Warming.
I am not going to pay so that liberal writers can use these articles to spread their liberalism. Also, I'm guessing that the archaeologist involved were allowed to 'proof' the article and apparently agreed.So.....
I'm cancelling my subscription and a gift subscription that I give my son.
Make a stand somewhere!
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
The Smithsonian Magazine has been on the left side for a great many decades.
I dumped my membership and subscription years ago, same with National Geographic. I couldn’t stand the political crap they were sneaking into everything.
Particularly the Gore-Bull Warming crap.
The author went astray when she departed from history and tried too hard to make the article topical. I’m surprised she didn’t throw in the “enlightened Greek views on bisexuality” while she was at it.
Yup, I cancelled both National Geographic and Smithsonian years ago when they went full-tilt political starting with the global warming crap. Just like this article, they slip a little in here and there.
Is the Mycenaean Civilization still around today?
I didn't think so!
Regards,
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What took you so long?
We dumped both of them 26 years ago.
(along with unscientific American)
Something that I will not find myself hurling across the room and scaring the cat more then once a quarter?
They didn't. They were invaded and detroyed. Just sayin'.
“I dumped my...subscription years ago...”
I did the same with Wired, Popular Science, and Popular Mechanics. They relentlessly pimped Gore-Bull warming, regardless of its relevance to the subject of any particular article.
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Is any civilization of the era around today?
You just didn’t ‘think’ at all.
Good for you.
The fallacy of course is that Americans & Europeans reject every aspect of other cultures which is obvious a bogus claim. What we object to is the elimination of out culture to accommodate all other culture over ours. If they want to hold onto their culture, then they should have remained where they came from, and I for one am ready to send them on their merry way.
“It resonates today, when you have factions that want to throw everybody out [of their countries].
Old Testament: Be fruitful and multiply.
The apostle Paul: Be unmarried, like me (if you can).
Good for you. Scientific American went left decades ago. It constantly pushes the “Global Warming” hoax.
What would Austin Powers say about that?
Try this:
Also, I subscribe to Archaeology Magazine
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