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• Was the 20th Century the middle ages? - Troy 11:01:55 02/10/04 (3)
  In Reply to: Would you mind comparing apples to apples? Nazi Germany, and Stalinist Russia happened a few decades ago... posted by orejones on February 10, 2004 at 10:28:19:

  We were supposed to smart as a species in the 20th century too. The 20th Century was pretty dang sophisticated compared to any other time in human history, yet we continued to slaughter each other like crazed animals.

  Was the turn of the 21st Century some shing new age moment where that was going to stop?

  Sadly, some things never change. Man's inhumanity to man is one of them.
  
  

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  • Please don't change the subject. - orejones 11:17:31 02/10/04 (2)
    In Reply to: Was the 20th Century the middle ages? posted by Troy on February 10, 2004 at 11:01:55:

    In case you have forgotten which one it was, please compare the level of violence in the US to that in places like France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Italy...: is it higher, or lower?

    Some valuable indicators could be percentage of violent deaths, percentage of people held in jail, percentage of assaults and rapes..., and so on.

    Regards

    BF
    
    

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    • I didn't - Troy 13:07:28 02/10/04 (1)
      In Reply to: Please don't change the subject. posted by orejones on February 10, 2004 at 11:17:31:

      There was a time when some of those countries DID lead the world in violence. Everything cycles. It is America's time now as both the top dog empire AND as the most violent "civilized" country (note that many places in the world ARE currently much more violent however). It should be no surprise based on history that the 2 go hand in hand . . .

      My point is that it is an unfortunate inevitability of humanity that we are violent as a species.
      
      

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      • Re: I didn't - Victor Khomenko 13:23:17 02/10/04 (0)
        In Reply to: I didn't posted by Troy on February 10, 2004 at 13:07:28:

        ***My point is that it is an unfortunate inevitability of humanity that we are violent as a species.

        OK, so that is your point, wrong as it is. However, you are choosing to ignore the scores of writers, philosophers, etc, people like R... oops, sorry, you will start crying again at my mentioning some names... anyway, some of those philosophers who believed the human beings could be made better, and should strive to be better... that humanism was something that separated us from animals.

        People like Belushi, OTOH, promoted the return to animals instincts.
        
        

        
        
        
        

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