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Michael A. Terrell

Don Bowey wrote:

On 9/4/07 11:34 PM, in article , "Michael A.
Terrell" wrote:

Don Bowey wrote:

On 9/4/07 3:48 PM, in article ,
"Chuck Harris" wrote:

Don Bowey wrote:
On 9/4/07 10:47 AM, in article ,
"Chuck Harris" wrote:

Fred Bloggs wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Fred Bloggs wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:02:38 -0400, Fred Bloggs
wrote:

Fred, Why don't you move to France where you'll fit right in ?:-)
I think I will, I would enjoy living in France, at least there's some
semblance of culture there.

Be careful! A lot of that 'culture' is resistant to all known
antibiotics. On second thought: Enjoy yourself, while you last.

French medical science rivals the world, to this day they continue to
make great breakthroughs. Louis Pasteur is the Isaac Newton of modern
microbiology, a great genius.
Yeah, and the Arab world used to be the cradle of civilization.

Things change.

It still was. That didn't change

You really need to try and follow the thread.

Why, did I miss something important?

Start again at the part that reads "French medical...

I see I didn't miss something important.

FB uses Louis Pasteur as proof of France's current
greatness in medical science.

That is just like using the Arab world's centuries old expertise
in mathematics as proof of its current scholarly greatness.

True.

But the Arab world still was the cradle of civilization. What was can't be
taken away.

The Model T was the shining example of the production line
automobile, but haow many do you see on the road?

15,230,004.

Come on now. Do you have a real point

Yes, but you didn't see it, or ignored it. YOU CAN'T LIVE IN THE
PAST! You can only vist it in history books and museums.

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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida