QUOTE(nightrover @ Aug 21, 2007, 10:05 AM)

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Because we trust and respect Great Western Philosophic Heritage which pulled mankind from mud of misleading and superstitions to power, prosperity, abundance and self-understanding.
this great tradition with enlightenment ideals raped half the earth in imperialism colonialism had two world wars droped A bombs and is now destroying the planet and exploiting the 3rd world
i think you should read dean to see just how vacuous and meaningless your tradition really is
Our tradition is great that is why we are powerful and dominate over the Seas and Lands (I mean the Western Judo-Christian-Greco-Roman Civilization), and the Eastern tradition is retarded and not effective that is why they suck.
Imperialism and colonialism of the British Empire (in contrary to French, German, Spanish, Belgian etc, which definitely somehow raped the world) brought to the colonies very great progress in their entire history. Australia, Canada, USA, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong etc are so developed and powerful (or stand on the way of accelerated development) only because they were British dominions.
You see Quality of Knowledge, Philosophy, Instruments etc has great power. You know, knowledge is power as Sir Francis taught us (scientia potentia est !).
Do not underestimate the philosophic power of East Indian Company.
A-bomb was developed by Oppenheimer who liked Vedas: "I am becoming the death, destroyer of the worlds" the words he pronounced when bomb was first tested, he knew Sanskrit and liked murky oriental stances of the Eastern and Asiatic philosophy, the same was Hitler, all the shit Hitler brought to Europe and raped it during the WWII came from the East. You see.
So please show some respect to the Civilization. It is good, really.
You see we have computers, if not Western Judo-Christian-Greco-Roman Civilization we would not have computers.