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Originally posted by Donnie Darko
I'd argue this point, science can be pretty "gospel" to me.
You have to think of the time period though. English replaced the Native languages during the Industrial Age, not to mention they became way more populous than the Native Americans ever were.
Originally posted by JScytale
you ever bother to compare cultures *anywhere*? Neighboring cultures are usually very, very different. Its why they are neighboring cultures and not the same culture with a few different traditions. Take, for example, the Aztecs and all of their neighbors, and you can even compare the Aztecs to their more distant but more easily comparable (in size) neighbors, the Maya. Vastly different on almost every level. Why don't you compare Egyptian culture to the Bedouin? Compare Persia and India for me.
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What I'm saying, is the cultures of Europe and the Middle East are so different than the cultures of the rest of the world, that there is reason to think they DID come from somewhere else. I mean blaming crap on llamas? What does that have to do with it? lmao
Originally posted by cenpuppie
Have you read about Indian culture and the weapons they made? What the ancient chinese and what they did in the fields of astronomy? Or the technological and artistical might of the Central Americans?
i think in many ways, the euromind is behind indigenous cultures. sure we have alphabets and build pyramids,
Are these differences actually because an alien (but related) race of human beings were marooned on this planet?
Originally posted by JScytale
and saying "im not a racist" and "i dont think one is superior to the other" doesnt change the fact that you are a racist, by definition, once you start categorizing people and saying ridiculous things like "native people tend to ___". sure, its not dangerous racism, but it is complete and utterly blatant racism to think along those lines.
Originally posted by alienesque
Originally posted by JScytale
oh yeah, the difference between a russian and a spaniard is so much bigger than the difference between an inuit, zulu and chinese man.
and saying "im not a racist" and "i dont think one is superior to the other" doesnt change the fact that you are a racist, by definition, once you start categorizing people and saying ridiculous things like "native people tend to ___". sure, its not dangerous racism, but it is complete and utterly blatant racism to think along those lines.
[edit on 14-7-2009 by JScytale]
thats ridiculous...he was just thinking out loud and saying what he thinks...and what he said wasnt racist in the least.
anyway...whats wrong about saying dark coloured people make better sportsmen or women?...there are many different races of dogs..horses..everything...they all have things they are better at..more suited to..thats the whole point...thats why races exist in the first place...thats what races are!!!!..
how did we ever get to the point that even mentioning this fact is a reason to be attacked and be called names?
you sir are being discriminatory in attacking the OP for absolutely no reason.
Originally posted by JScytale
Originally posted by Donnie Darko
Also, white people sunburn - what adaptive quality does that have? Can you tell me it's NORMAL to get cancer just by being out in the sun? No, maybe it's because white people come from a different star system with a darker (or more distant) sun?
Sunburning is a side effect of losing skin pigmentation, which was an adaptive change. There isn't much sunlight in northern latitudes, and some sunlight must penetrate the skin to produce vitamin D. Thats awful hard in the winter in northern europe when you have dark skin blocking most of it.
anthro.palomar.edu...
[edit on 14-7-2009 by JScytale]
Originally posted by cenpuppie
reply to post by Donnie Darko
i think in many ways, the euromind is behind indigenous cultures. sure we have alphabets and build pyramids,
Do you realize that the orginial Egyptians where African, i.e. dark skinned? They became light skinned after the emergence and culturally mixturing with the Greeks. Not to mention that their were plenty of black people in Ancient Greece as well..
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