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To: proxy_user
I dunno. In the West we took 600 years, and numerous wars and revolutions, to go from the middle ages to the modern world. So why can;t the guys in the Middle East do it in a couple of months?

Probably for the same reason that they were able to rapidly go from sitting around watching the fire for entertainment, to watching TV on their satellite dishes, flying to Mecca in airplanes, talking on cell phones, and setting up websites.

6 posted on 03/02/2006 5:27:23 AM PST by Steel Wolf (- Islam will never survive being laughed at. -)
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To: Steel Wolf

Those things, I'm afraid, are the mere appurtences of civilization. Savages can learn to use them.

Civilization comes from the character and moral training of the mass of citizens. You can't buy that from an online retailer.


18 posted on 03/02/2006 6:58:23 AM PST by proxy_user
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