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Re: CHAT Which world? Which culture?

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 16, 2003, 15:46
John Cowan wrote:

> Roger Mills scripsit: > > > Can anyone think of a culture here on Earth that is characterized by > > resentment and regret for lost glories? (lost, I might add, by their own > > foolish action...) > > Any culture that's ever lost a war, I'd say, has spent time in this state. > Germany between the wars, much of the Islamic world much of the time, > Quebec after the British takeover are examples that come to mind.
Hmm. I'm thinking really long-term-- 750 years. So the Islamic parallel-- from the Hejira to 1920s-- may be apt. Or somewhat earlier..sometimes I get the impression that the ruination of Islamic culture was not so much the Christians as the Ottomans...:-) The Gwr were the Masters of the Planet, then suddenly weren't, and aren't anymore, though they're scheming..... Maybe it's time I let them get over it.
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