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Posted by Parhad (Guest) - Sunday, September 19 2004, 5:41:34 (CEST)
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ees troo...Germany was the last European conglomerate to become a nation..it`s Iron Chancellor, Bismarck, needed to play catch-up to match the headstart the other`s had in grabbing up colonies...there was a race on for raw meterials from which you make millions..oil being the biggest because it drove the machinery of the booming Industrial Revolution...Greed is a powerful force to combat..I`m not sure it can be done.

...as for "Assyria"..the sooner we accept the fact that there IS no Assyria, the sooner we land with our feet on the ground in THIS century...this sort of tribal fantasy is keeping us at each other`s throats..much to the delight of those who saw the benefit of forging a national identity..Europe too was once beset my religiois wars and fanaticism..and they still have Basques claiming autonomy and a few other hold-outs..but for the most part they realized it was past time to put fairy tales to sleep and race for the gold..trouble is they`re murdering everyone in their path..it doesn`t have to be that way...Greed maybe taught at some level..and that brings us back to Education...which has to be the single key AND they thing most neglected..and for good reason..

I don`t believe in revolution...I believe in being so pissed you strike back..but you don`t grow that way..you just take a break and make your tormentors suffer for a change and that`s certainly valid and has some good side-effects...but Ì`m afraid real change comes much slower than that...A democracy depends on the education of the people...and that`s where it starts for me.

I don`t mean in institutions though..as Cher said..marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution...

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Imperialism and WWI Assyrian Empress - Sunday, September 19 2004, 3:59:10 (CEST)
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