Minionman,Jun 16 2005, 07:31 AM Wrote:1 is not a "fact" unless you can find some way to convince the rest of us, which you haven't been doing, except by blustering, where the "tough" line comes from.
on 2: you never said what your background was that somehow makes you better at knowing about how people's minds develope, you gave no description about how people develope that would back you up, justused the "background" to say "I'm better than you in morals, so be quiet". In terms of your "absolutes" argument, you again had nothing in there except the blustering and the "I'm smarter than you" comment.
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1) It is only those that have not read the history books, that could argue that.
2) I (and even more importantly my parents and grandparents) grew up in an environment that is the epitome of what a truly oppressive regime can do to people's thoughts. I have spent semi-extensive time living in 2 Muslim republics. Even more importantly, my father's side of the family lived there for over 40 years. Does that make me an expert of how they think, what is in their head and what their society is like? That is definately arguable. However, it does make me more of an expert than most if not all of you, and those that are exceptions to that, are not arguuing against me.
3) Do not confuse smarter and wiser.
-A