Subject: Re: African values (Was: On interracial relationships, or anything)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:02:31 GMT

David McDuffee (mcduffee@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article ,

(( cuts ))

: >Having
: >seen some of the evidence with my own eyes, it is
: >hard for me not to credit the argument that the
: >Greeks borrowed and/or stole from Kamit, and never
: >came anywhere near close to matching the original.

: Hmmm, on that basis, the Sears Tower in Chicago must
: be copied from the World Trade Center in New York...

Maybe, maybe not.  It's a matter of weighing alternative
hypotheses.  Every historian, archaeologist, scientist, 
detective, has to connect dots, and be honest about 
the evidence, and the data.

: But I don't really want to get into this chicken/egg
: discussion; if it's a good idea I'm more concerned with
: understanding why it's good than in determining who
: thought of it first.  I'm wondering if the rise in volume
: of your posts means that you're through with whatever it
: was that was going to prevent you from posting for a while.

Number and volume are two different things.

: If so, I'd like to discuss "The right to land", without a
: lot of asili fingerpointing.  That is, is it a good idea?
: Does it make sense to advocate "the right to land" as a
: principle which should be cultivated in present-day America?
: If so, what form would it take, and what might be the
: ramifications?  Perhaps we can discuss the idea itself without
: a lot of baggage, perhaps not.  Got time?

Good questions.  I am restricting myself to short posts
these days.  Post away.  I'll see what I can do in the
way of response.  But my deadline is fast approaching
and I expect I'm going to have to crash it toward the
end if I'm going to meet deadline.  Maybe I should just
give up the group cold until that matter is over.

: --
: David McDuffee		
: mcduffee@netcom.com


	 

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