"Hmmmmm..better tell the US government then. This is off the National Institute of Health's website"
Why am I not surprised? More of TROP Bush Administration's employment of Goebbels' "Greater Lie Theory" of propaganda! You know, I used to think that this sort of garbage from both the Bush and Clinton administrations was the result of a mixture of stupidity and provincialism; now I'm convinced they are and were simply evil.
LOL, this thread is a hoot. One poster who responds in screenshots from Lord of the Rings (as if that's some sort of an argument) and another who complains the administration is 'evil' when the facts the government provides don't prove your point. I see it now...factual statements of history are all part of a conspiracy
Let me ask seriously. How would it affect your world view to accept that perhaps other cultures offered inventions, or at the very least maintained scientific thought and processes, while the West was going through dark times. Is your basis of belief on all things so weak that it will come crashing down if you accept factual history?