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Lighter Skin = Better?
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 You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis. 
If life was a game of civilization I think the league table would look pretty much like
1 Great Britain 2 America 3 Rome 4 China Taking into account past achievements such as conquests and empire size and technological advances. At the bottom would probably be Native americans Native Australians Africa Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them. Impersonation is treason.  RE: Lighter Skin = Better?
July 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm
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(July 11, 2013 at 12:34 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote:You really are an eager little thing, aren't you?(July 11, 2013 at 11:25 am)_xenu_ Wrote: Alright sweetheart, if you insist. You've been a bad girl!  Get down on your knees and lay your chest on top of my legs from my right side then take down your pants. Then prepare for punishment. And while you're down there... 
 RE: Lighter Skin = Better?
July 11, 2013 at 2:48 pm
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(July 11, 2013 at 2:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote: If life was a game of civilization I think the league table would look pretty much like What a stunningly ethnocentric and modern centric view? In 5000 year span of human civilization, what is a mere century and change of preminance by pip squeaks such as Britain or America? The pyramids of Ancient Egypt marked the center of world power, culture and civilization for 2000 years before anything like any comparable power arose. China was supreme in power, wealth, and technological advancement for 1000 years Rome bestrode the known world like a colossus for 700 years Next to these of what account is the US, whose dominance has lasted but 100 years and seem set to last not more much than maybe two decades; or Britain whose supremacy can charitably be said to last only 150 years, provided one overlooks the fact that during much of this 150 years, she wasn't actually supreme by any significant margin over her peers, she just played a balance of power game with others? (July 11, 2013 at 2:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Native americans No. Native American culture may have come to an untimely end, but who is to say ours won't? But while it lasted, Native Americans of central and South America exhibited a cultural continuity that at least matched those of the ancient Egyptians, who remain to this day the undisputed champion of longetivity of civilizational preeminance in the old world.  (July 11, 2013 at 2:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote: If life was a game of civilization I think the league table would look pretty much like Shouldn't Persia be at the top? (July 11, 2013 at 2:49 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(July 11, 2013 at 2:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote: If life was a game of civilization I think the league table would look pretty much like Not necessarily at the top, but certainly higher than America or Britain.  (July 10, 2013 at 11:52 pm)Rahul Wrote:(July 10, 2013 at 9:32 pm)Full Circle Wrote: Here you can see it for free in pdf format: Glad I could help  BTW if you guys on this forum have a book discussion thread, this would be a terrific tome to chat about.
"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.” ~ Ambrose Bierce
“I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's." - Mark Twain in Eruption  (July 11, 2013 at 2:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote: At the bottom would probably be Why does Africa always get lumped into one monolith? There are thousands of cultures and have been hundreds (if not thousands) of civilizations throughout Africa's history. Let's not forget, Egypt is in Africa and Great Zimbabwe, if you're going by architectural standards.  (July 10, 2013 at 7:58 pm)Koolay Wrote: How comes countries with the lighter skin are the more civilised? Read "Guns, Germs and Steel" or go on relishing all the ways in which you and yours just obviously seem to be superior to everyone else. You might also try cultivating more reflectiveness generally.  (July 11, 2013 at 1:15 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: "Don't play with me now... you can do better than that. "-thesummerqueen Resistance is only acceptable as a reason for more discipline. (July 11, 2013 at 1:48 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: The only thread to which Koolaid has not come back to respond. I hope I contributed to that. ![[Image: Untitled2_zpswaosccbr.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1140.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn569%2Fthesummerqueen%2FUntitled2_zpswaosccbr.png) |
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