On Wed, 21 May 2008 02:46:42 +0800, rst0wxyz wrote
(in article
<45e31951-ce82-4425-9d44-0f6fab12c6b1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> On May 20, 7:33 am, "Ed" <fri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Jim Walsh" <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>
>>> China has been a recognizable civilization for about 5,000 years. For
much
>>> of
>>> that time it was equal to or advanced relative to the other
civilizations
>>> on
>>> the Earth. In that context, the 4 or 500 years since 1500 are only 10%
of
>>> the
>>> story.
>>
>> 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
1,000
>> 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
been
>> 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.
Now, take your own advice and learn that China's past is not "starvation
and
famine".
--
Love, Jim
(I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive
crossposts.)
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