Shhhhh!!!! Don't make them think

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ebnelson — 3/27/2003 1:03:29 PM (archived)

The deeper thought would be why is the West, with fewer resources, able to organize itself over time in such a way as to take care of its people better and to attract people from all over the world to immigrate to it?
Ed

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"the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never… (n/t) - Samuel Huntington n/t - 3/26/2003 6:55:55 PM
- Re: Organized violence? - Raoul - 3/27/2003 5:39:15 PM
  - Re: Correct, Raoul. That is a well known fact. Those that know it first hand, don't forget. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/27/2003 6:32:33 PM
- could he be right? - McFly - 3/27/2003 4:30:20 PM
  - Let's hear it for the crack McDonalds legions! - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:41:50 PM
- Another sound bite that hides more than it explains. - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 1:01:41 PM
- So wouldn't that be by our ideas? - Lee - 3/27/2003 10:06:11 AM
  - "Algebra" is an Arabic word - Mary Anne - 3/27/2003 3:11:39 PM
    - So is Psycho-Babble - Scott - 3/28/2003 11:26:17 AM
      - Excuse me? - Mary Anne - 3/28/2003 2:51:22 PM
        
        Cruel Mary Anne...simply cruel. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 3:15:50 PM
        
        Re: Working with children is why I'm going to bed at 10:45 on a Friday - Mary Anne - 3/28/2003 3:54:22 PM
    - Re: Al-gebra - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:47:27 PM
      - Civilization goes in spurts - alcaray - 3/28/2003 4:51:14 PM
      - Re: MA just gave 50% and Tom just gave the other 50%. ;) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/28/2003 12:45:03 PM
  - Shhhhh!!!! Don't make them think - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 1:03:29 PM
    - The West isn't shy of resources - Mary Anne - 3/27/2003 3:31:53 PM
- Nicely put. Wrong, but nicely put. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 7:29:57 PM

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