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>Western culture has been built, like all surviving modern cultures, on 
>superior weapons of war -- you may choose to consider this as superior
>thinking ability. If our weapons weren't better than the German and
>Japanese weapons, German and Japanese would be the dominant languages.
>As the Japanese seem to have better economic weapons, Japanese may soon
>be the dominant language.

Our weapons were not better than the German and Japanese weapons.  The Allies
won by the simple means of drastically out-producing the Axis.  German Panther
tanks were overwhelmed by the large numbers of T-34s and Shermans and Cromwells
and...well, you get the idea.  Building a large industrial base, and being 
able to turn it to whatever means are necessary, is a sign of intelligent
behavior.  The Japanese seem to have learned this very well, and are
currently acting very intelligently indeed.

>If you think [sic] that thinking is a large part of our culture, I suggest
>you examine any protohuman between the ages of 14 and 65. Unless the gonads
>are organs of thinking, what drives our world is not thinking.

I disagree.  Thinking is part of what drives the world.  Do you know how
many people spend hours *thinking* about sex?  :-)

>Jim Winer -- jwi@mtfme.att.com -- Opinions not represent employer.

David Thornley
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