On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:39 +0000, marc wrote: > Michelle Konzack said... > > Am 2005-11-25 20:01:08, schrieb Clive Menzies: > > > > > Whilst we're on interesting reading, Ronald Wright's 'A Short History of > > > Progress' provides a take on civilisations, past and present, which is > > > highly thought provoking. Examining the rise and fall of the > > > Sumerian, Mayan, Egyptian and Roman civilisations he points to the > > > parallels today. > > > > Do not forget the american (USA) civilisation. :-P > > "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" records the end of it.
Mankind has been violently conquering other peoples since the dawn of mankind. It was *inevitable* that the 50ish thousand aborigines were going to get wiped away by the 60ish *million* Europeans. The 2 mistakes the "white man" made were to make empty promises and believe that the aborigines were sub-human, or had no soul. But this is reeeealy OT. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA After seeing all the viruses, trojan horses, worms and Reply mails from stupidly-configured anti-virus software that's been hurled upon the internet since 1998, and the time/money that is spent protecting against said viruses, trojan horses & worms, I can only conclude that Microsoft is dangerous to the internet and American commerce, and it's software should be banned. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
