On May 20, 7:33=A0am, "Ed" <fri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Jim Walsh" <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> > China has been a recognizable civilization for about 5,000 years. For
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> > of
> > that time it was equal to or advanced relative to the other
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> > the Earth. In that context, the 4 or 500 years since 1500 are only 10%
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> > the
> > story.
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> The most im****tant 10%. Now is always more im****tant than then even if
> things that happened then affect the now.
> Whether or not they were equal to or more advanced than others 500 or
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> or more years ago they were still not very well off. I'm guessing that
> you're posting from one of the two cultural groups these messages have
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> going out to. Here, at mimf, the past is of little or no im****tance.
Of course, the past is im****tant. The past tells us where we have
been, how we progress to today's society. We spend a lot of money to
learn the past. The museums spent a lot of money to dig and learn
more of the past. Our universities have huge history departments with
big staffs. We spent a lot of time learning of the past.
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