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8/20/2011 5:41:37 PM Posted: 1 year ago Forgot to mention: southern and northern africa are separated by the Sahara desert.
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8/20/2011 6:14:20 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 5:40:41 PM, Wnope wrote:At 8/20/2011 5:15:01 PM, Tiel wrote:At 8/20/2011 4:19:24 AM, 000ike wrote:I will respect your experience and take it into consideration, given that I have never personally been there. Though I have to wonder why these tyrannical leaders have the position that they do. They just seem to behave like powerful gang leaders in my opinion. It is my wonder why the people have never risen up to defeat the oppression and why great civilizations have not been built there overall. Even tyrannical leaders can have a vision of grandeur and put his slaves to work in building such an empire. I do not understand why there is so much poverty, so much disease, so much killing and oppression...yet there seems to be no end to it. All the other racial groups have had plenty of rebellions against tyrants and have built plenty of empires and civilizations, both ancient and modern. I am just wondering why just don't see much of it from the black race throughout human history. Africa is a large continent with plenty of natural resources, you figure you would have seen many great empires and civilizations in Africa throughout history. An argument can be made for Egypt, but Egyptians seem to be of a different genetic stock.At 8/20/2011 3:57:00 AM, Tiel wrote That doesn't address the question of why there were more advanced societies in the that area in the first place. Also, there are other areas that were advanced. Asia was advanced at that point in history. Also, The Americas have had some developed societies as well. Further, there has been plenty of time since then over the last 5000 years to develop advanced civilizations and cultures.
Other areas were advance and developed, as I have stated. The question of why Sumeria/Middle east was more advanced in the first place needs to be addressed as well.
No, I question it as Egyptians seem different from other Africans.
This is what Western education would have you think, though other parts of the world were definitely hot with trade and advancements. I will agree that it held some of the hotspots though.
Yes, I understand that there is and I never said anything about anyone being inherently better. I feel my questions are valid and reasonable given the long history of human populations in Africa, while also being one of the mos resource rich continents on earth. In my opinion, the greatest of empires and civilizations should have naturally arose out of Africa. The whole continent should house the most powerful nations. As to why this is not so, and as to why such advanced societies never rose out of the land throughout human history...these are the things that give rise to my questions. "Only the inner force of curiosity and wonder about the unknown, or an outer force upon your free will, can brake the shackles of your current perception." |
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8/20/2011 6:16:59 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 5:41:37 PM, Wnope wrote: That shouldn't matter as there are plenty of people and resources south of the Sahara. Many great thinkers, inventors, builders, etc. and civilizations should have rose in this area. I see no reason why it shouldn't have. Intelligence and resources are all that is needed to build great things and to think new philosophies. "Only the inner force of curiosity and wonder about the unknown, or an outer force upon your free will, can brake the shackles of your current perception." |
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8/20/2011 6:25:58 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 6:14:20 PM, Tiel wrote:At 8/20/2011 5:40:41 PM, Wnope wrote:At 8/20/2011 5:15:01 PM, Tiel wrote:At 8/20/2011 4:19:24 AM, 000ike wrote:I will respect your experience and take it into consideration, given that I have never personally been there. Though I have to wonder why these tyrannical leaders have the position that they do. They just seem to behave like powerful gang leaders in my opinion. It is my wonder why the people have never risen up to defeat the oppression and why great civilizations have not been built there overall. Even tyrannical leaders can have a vision of grandeur and put his slaves to work in building such an empire. I do not understand why there is so much poverty, so much disease, so much killing and oppression...yet there seems to be no end to it. All the other racial groups have had plenty of rebellions against tyrants and have built plenty of empires and civilizations, both ancient and modern. I am just wondering why just don't see much of it from the black race throughout human history. Africa is a large continent with plenty of natural resources, you figure you would have seen many great empires and civilizations in Africa throughout history. An argument can be made for Egypt, but Egyptians seem to be of a different genetic stock.At 8/20/2011 3:57:00 AM, Tiel wrote Everything you asked in answered in excrucitiating detail in Guns, Germs, and Steel. I could give you bite-sized answers, but you would just question those. It won a Pulitzer Prize. The very least you can do is skim the wiki. If you have the intellectual integrity to read it, I promsie Diamond will obliterate your conceptions about inherent racial ability being responsible for the history of human populations. " The book explains why Eurasian civilizations (in which he includes North Africa) have survived and conquered others, while refuting the assumption that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral or inherent genetic superiority. Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate in environmental differences, which are amplified by various positive feedback loops. When cultural or genetic differences have favored Eurasians (for example, written language or the development among Eurasians of resistance to endemic diseases), he asserts that these advantages occurred because of the influence of geography on societies and cultures, and were not inherent in the Eurasian genomes." http://en.wikipedia.org... How do Egyptians seem "different" from other "blacks?" Do the inhabits of Monaco get this exemption? For some reason, I am positive you think the inhabits of Somalia are black. Nigerians? What is this new classification of yours separating the behaviors of "egyptian blacks" from "other blacks?" |
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8/20/2011 6:27:15 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 5:33:22 PM, Wnope wrote:At 8/20/2011 3:36:21 AM, SuperRobotWars wrote:At 8/20/2011 3:16:14 AM, Wnope wrote:At 8/20/2011 3:12:13 AM, SuperRobotWars wrote:At 8/20/2011 3:00:20 AM, darkkermit wrote:At 8/19/2011 10:24:03 PM, BennyW wrote:At 8/18/2011 6:12:45 PM, seraine wrote: Oh well, I was wrong. Minister Of Trolling : At 12/6/2011 2:21:41 PM, badger wrote: : ugly people should beat beautiful people ugly. simple! you'd be killing two birds with the one stone... women like violent men and you're making yourself more attractive, relatively. i met a blonde dude who was prettier than me not so long ago. he's not so pretty now! ha! : : ...and well, he wasn't really prettier than me. he just had nice hair. |
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8/20/2011 6:31:12 PM Posted: 1 year ago Guns, Germs, and Steel Vids here:
http://video.google.com... http://video.google.com... http://video.google.com... Minister Of Trolling : At 12/6/2011 2:21:41 PM, badger wrote: : ugly people should beat beautiful people ugly. simple! you'd be killing two birds with the one stone... women like violent men and you're making yourself more attractive, relatively. i met a blonde dude who was prettier than me not so long ago. he's not so pretty now! ha! : : ...and well, he wasn't really prettier than me. he just had nice hair. |
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8/20/2011 6:49:18 PM Posted: 1 year ago The only thing we can prove are a bunch of correlations. We can agree on facts that blacks are more prone to crime than the other races, but there is no way to know why they are more prone to it. Is it because they are poor? That begs the question why are they poor? Are they poor because of white priviliege in the past or is white priviliege over and the causes of blacks poverty is now their own genetics? Also, why did white priviliege exists? Is it because of the environment or was it because blacks were inferior to white plain and simple?
These questions can't be answered. The only thing we can do is draw out correlations and make arbitrary assumptions. How exactly do you falseify white privliege? Where does it end and where does it begin? Again, these questions can't be answered. |
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8/20/2011 7:13:18 PM Posted: 1 year ago Yes, I understand that there is and I never said anything about anyone being inherently better. I feel my questions are valid and reasonable given the long history of human populations in Africa, while also being one of the mos resource rich continents on earth. In my opinion, the greatest of empires and civilizations should have naturally arose out of Africa. The whole continent should house the most powerful nations. As to why this is not so, and as to why such advanced societies never rose out of the land throughout human history...these are the things that give rise to my questions. I will check it out, though I hope it explains and answers my question on why Eurasia had advanced in the first place. That's what I want to know. Even South America/Central America had advanced civilizations. Also, I hope it thoroughly explains why even though it is rich in resources for building and trade... No civilizations were built, not great trade centers boomed, and no advanced philosophical thinking came from the area. These things happened everywhere else on earth, not just in Sumeria/Middle East area. These questions need to be answered. It would seem that I only have a few questions and they should have relatively short basic answers, I don't see why I should have to read the whole book to find the answers when you have already read it and should be able to answer them for me with little effort. There is no reason why Africa shouldn't have had great philosophical thinkers, written language, advanced architecture, advanced technology and artistry development, etc. They had the people. They had the resources.
I think the Egypt we see was greatly advanced because of ET influence, I also am thinking that this could be the entire influence behind human advancement all over the earth. As every advanced civilization worshiped Gods from the sky. Gods that were supposedly very much like humans.
ET influence. You seem to think that you have my perspective nailed down on the human species and the different racial gene classifications, but you don't seem to understand my position very well. I am an ancient alien believer. I do believe that the created genetic classifications we call "races" are different, though how and why I can only speculate. I have done much research on the subject on both physical evidence and metaphysical evidence that supports this theory. This forum is not about that topic however, so I will kindly ask that my questions about Africa be answered if you have indeed read the book and you do indeed know that answers to my questions. "Only the inner force of curiosity and wonder about the unknown, or an outer force upon your free will, can brake the shackles of your current perception." |
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8/20/2011 7:19:15 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 6:49:18 PM, DaveElectric wrote: Yes, my questions are similar to those that you ask.Though I would ask them a little bit differently. Either way, the answers to your questions would greatly help me understand any answers I might find to my own questions. "Only the inner force of curiosity and wonder about the unknown, or an outer force upon your free will, can brake the shackles of your current perception." |
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8/20/2011 7:21:09 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 7:13:18 PM, Tiel wrote:Yes, I understand that there is and I never said anything about anyone being inherently better. I feel my questions are valid and reasonable given the long history of human populations in Africa, while also being one of the mos resource rich continents on earth. In my opinion, the greatest of empires and civilizations should have naturally arose out of Africa. The whole continent should house the most powerful nations. As to why this is not so, and as to why such advanced societies never rose out of the land throughout human history...these are the things that give rise to my questions. The book answers every question you just posed. I have read it as well as the works of the man Diamond bases his theory on. What makes you think that Egyptians, as opposed to other Africans, were vistied by aliens? Does this mean that some humans (such as southern africans) were not affected by ET? Only certain ones? |
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8/20/2011 8:25:31 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 7:21:09 PM, Wnope wrote:At 8/20/2011 7:13:18 PM, Tiel wrote:Yes, I understand that there is and I never said anything about anyone being inherently better. I feel my questions are valid and reasonable given the long history of human populations in Africa, while also being one of the mos resource rich continents on earth. In my opinion, the greatest of empires and civilizations should have naturally arose out of Africa. The whole continent should house the most powerful nations. As to why this is not so, and as to why such advanced societies never rose out of the land throughout human history...these are the things that give rise to my questions. Yes and no. Yes in the way that all humans are the product of ET biological manipulation. No in the way that those humans in South Africa were not directly influenced by ETs culturally, intellectually, and technologically, as the development of the Egyptian empire was and other great empires throughout ancient human history. Those great empires were the breeding ground of the modern intellectual human design that we are today. The roots of advanced human civilization were influenced heavily by ETs. That is my opinion. Believe me. I know how radical my views are, yet I cannot dismiss the overwhelming amount of evidence that points to this theory being true. Ancient civilizations and ancient human history has been my greatest passion ever since I was a kid. I didn't believe in ET's or ancient ET influence until about maybe 3-4 year ago though. So I do know how crazy it sounds to people who don't believe in such things, I was one of those people years ago. I was on the other side telling people that held my current beliefs that they were crazy. Now I'm the supposed crazy one. Funny how life works out sometimes. "Only the inner force of curiosity and wonder about the unknown, or an outer force upon your free will, can brake the shackles of your current perception." |
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8/20/2011 8:34:27 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 6:49:18 PM, DaveElectric wrote:Blacks are more prone to crime than the other races for a number of reasons. I shall list a few here. The so called "gang" life that a lot of blacks expose themselves too and the "Rap" music (Retards Attempt Poetry) that they often listen to fuels this crime. Rap music encourages crime through a lot of the lyrics that the rappers often use. A lot of the rappers also commit crimes such as using drugs and commiting crimes (of course) so this only encourages the black youth to listen to their "role models" and actively commit those crimes. Now of course one could make the assertion that whites listen to rap music too and commit crimes as well. Here are a couple facts: A: There are nowhere near the amount of whites as there are blacks listening to rap music. B: Out of the population of whites that do listen to rap music, they aren't as hostile as the black population that listens to rap music.
Well over half of your analysis that you just pointed out there was under the conclusion that blacks only commit more crimes than the other races because they are poor. This is simply not true. |
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8/20/2011 9:51:10 PM Posted: 1 year ago "...the conclusion that blacks only commit more crimes than the other races because they are poor. This is simply not true."
It seems that could be easily checked by simply looking at crime rates among poor whites, hispanics, asians. If that pattern holds true across the races, it would be hard to argue against that being the cause, without being guilty of special pleading. You say this is simply not true. What do you believe to be the causative agent?? Surely you can't believe that skin color is the determining factor. |
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8/20/2011 10:01:55 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 8:34:27 PM, Joseph_Mengele wrote:At 8/20/2011 6:49:18 PM, DaveElectric wrote:Blacks are more prone to crime than the other races for a number of reasons. I shall list a few here. Now I will cede that gang/rap activity causes crime but this begs two questions 1)how much black crime is caused solely becuase of gang/rap activity and 2)why are blacks attracted to gang and rap? 1) cannot be answered because humans are affected by an infinitude of variables and there is no valid way to have a controlled experiment. You cannot possibly control every variable in a person's life. 2) cannot be answered either for the same reason. So were left with an incomplete explanation for why gang acitivity and rap music causes crime. People tend to live with their own kind so that could be the reason rap music is mostly black and listened to by blacks but I'm not saying that is the reason. The thing I don't thnk you understand is that there is more than one possible explanations for why such things occur. It makes no sense to say it must be a genetic factor or an environmental factor. Statistics can only prove correlation. They cannot prove causation. Causation requires a logical theory and when it comes to white priviliege or the genetic factor there is no logical way to measure the degree in which crime effects can be ascribed to them. Now let me be clear, we can infer that these causes exist, but we cannot infer how much they exist. I did not assume blacks commit crime because of poverty. If you read my post more clearly I was pointing out the incompleteness of the poverty explanation for black crime. I even said "there is no way to answer these questions". |
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8/20/2011 10:08:52 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 9:51:10 PM, medic0506 wrote: The problem is that some people keep thinking skin color is the only difference. Genetic classification (race) and culture play a big part. Culture being developed because of certain beliefs and behavior choices. Beliefs and behavior choices being influenced by the physiological function efficiency of the brain/body mechanics. The brain/body mechanics being influenced by genetics/DNA. "Only the inner force of curiosity and wonder about the unknown, or an outer force upon your free will, can brake the shackles of your current perception." |
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8/20/2011 11:52:12 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 8:25:31 PM, Tiel wrote:At 8/20/2011 7:21:09 PM, Wnope wrote:: : : : How do Egyptians seem "different" from other "blacks?" Do the inhabits of Monaco get this exemption? For some reason, I am positive you think the inhabits of Somalia are black. Nigerians? Alright, so, tell me where I'm wrong, but from what I'm getting, your argument is that the difference between Egyptian and non-Egyptian blacks was the presence of cultural rememnants pointing towards aliens (the pyramids, hierogliphics, religious beliefs, whatever). Let's assume for the moment this is true. Wouldn't this mean that the difference between races depends not on some inherent correlation to skin color but on whether or not the ET impacted populations in cultural/sociological context as opposed to solely genetics? |
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8/21/2011 12:57:35 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 10:08:52 PM, Tiel wrote:At 8/20/2011 9:51:10 PM, medic0506 wrote: There's no arguing with the cultural aspect being a contributing factor, but here's the problem I have with the above process. You're starting at the result and working backwards towards genetics. If you want to show a functional difference, other than skin color, then you need to start at the beginning, genetics. Is there a significant difference between the dna of a black person and that of a white person?? No. Of course there are minor variances in all our dna, but the basic structure that classifies us human is the same. Is there a significant difference in the mechanism that genetics uses to ultimately effect brain/body mechanics?? No. Is there a significant difference in the way that genetics brings about the ability of the brain to understand right from wrong, or make a choice whether or not to commit a crime?? No. That takes us up to the choices part of the process, and that's where the first significant difference appears. Though there are many factors that affect the choices someone will make, ultimately it is an individual choice to commit a crime. Black individuals make that choice and so do individuals of all races. To claim genetic causes, creates problems. You need to show that they are unable, or have a decreased ability to reason, or understand right from wrong, due to their genetic make-up. I don't think you can do that. If you can prove that, then you remove any justification for holding them responsible for their actions. It's not their fault, it's in their genes. |
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8/21/2011 6:15:43 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 8/20/2011 8:34:27 PM, Joseph_Mengele wrote:Its 2011. Yet ignorance still exist in morons like you. Wow. Not only is almost every point you made here completely false, you completely ignore the fact that art imitates life and not the other way around. I bet you think the London riots happened because of video games. Idiot. Nope. Not facts.
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8/21/2011 9:52:54 AM Posted: 1 year ago The so called "gang" life that a lot of blacks expose themselves too and the "Rap" music (Retards Attempt Poetry) that they often listen to fuels this crime. Rap music encourages crime through a lot of the lyrics that the rappers often use.: That's stupid, otherwise white kids who listen to Cannibal Corpse would all be serial killers. A: There are nowhere near the amount of whites as there are blacks listening to rap music.: Blacks comprise only 22% of the entire US population. Sure, more blacks probably listen to rap more than whites per capita, but I would venture to say that more white people listen to rap than any other racial group simply out of sheer numbers. If that is the case, how do you account for the disparity if you could just use rap music as the convenient scapegoat? No doubt you're being incredibly selective too. Please note all the violent video games, violent movies, and violent music (oh, I don't know, maybe like Skinhead Oi). Do you condemn yourself in the process? B: Out of the population of whites that do listen to rap music, they aren't as hostile as the black population that listens to rap music.: Even supposing that were true, you're not accounting for cultural disparities. If you think for one second that it's due to race, please note the stark differences from blacks in say, Kenya, versus blacks in Somalia. Or look at blacks living in affluent neighborhoods versus blacks living ghettos, and then tell me there's no contrast. Well over half of your analysis that you just pointed out there was under the conclusion that blacks only commit more crimes than the other races because they are poor. This is simply not true.: Poverty doesn't equal crime necessarily. There's an age old sociological question whether poor people are more prone to crime (a product of their environment) or whether they are poor because of the way they are -- inherently slothful and not enterprising (they made their bed and have to lie in it. (They) meaning all poor people of the world. "Have you ever considered suicide? If not, please do." -- Mouthwash (to Inferno) |
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8/21/2011 6:06:19 PM Posted: 1 year ago There is no way to prove or disporve any claims that are being made on these racial bias topics. All opinions on both sides are merely opinions on what someone desires to believe.
I would say that most of this racial talk is a waste of time on either side, we all know that there are indeed differences among our different human races. Exactly why these differences are there and what they can be attributed to in any kind of detail, this is an almost impossible task and would have little or no hard evidence to back up any such opinions. We can speculate any such root causes, but these would be probable guesses that correlate from personal experiences, not anything solid or scientific. Of course, I could always be wrong and hard evidence does exist to support one side or the other. Even if so though, what are you going to do about it? The fact is that we all need to try and become better people mentally, physically, and spiritually. This is true no matter what race you are. "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power." - Lionheart - |









