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Talk:World History Lecture Nine (view source)
Revision as of 21:28, April 6, 2009
, 21:28, April 6, 2009→Non-German 'Great' Composers: reply
: I can't tell if you come from the same liberal camp. You strain mightily -- and unsuccessfully -- to find some other basis for objecting to the observation. A discussion would be more meaningful if you first rejected Eoinc's point of view and considered the issue with an open mind. The truth is not contorted by political correctness.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:09, 6 April 2009 (EDT)
: I can't tell if you come from the same liberal camp. You strain mightily -- and unsuccessfully -- to find some other basis for objecting to the observation. A discussion would be more meaningful if you first rejected Eoinc's point of view and considered the issue with an open mind. The truth is not contorted by political correctness.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:09, 6 April 2009 (EDT)
::Did I not say that some languages are superior to others? Depending on what criteria you choose (my examples were: ease of learning, ability for widespread use in communication around the world, suitability for use in singing), certain languages are superior to others.
::Did I not also say that I do not consider all religions to be equal? I said that some religions contain harmful beliefs. The implication (which I will now state rather than imply) is that a religion which does not contain harmful beliefs is superior to one which does.
::Next, my implication of racism would only apply '''if''' one claimed that most great composers were German ''for reasons which had nothing to do with German culture''. I don't "resist admitting" that most great composers were German: that implies that I secretly know it to be true, but pretend I don't. I simply doubt that it is the case. I am willing to be shown otherwise. There is no reason why Germany could not have a disproportionately large number of musicians in its population (or for France to have the most chefs, or Italy the most painters, or England the most poets). I allow for the possibility, provided that one does not draw the conclusion from that that German people are innately more musical than people from anywhere else. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 17:28, 6 April 2009 (EDT)