phronesis

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Yes, Europeans did invent racism, because the modern conception of race classified the two groups created by the invention of…
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Funny, that's what I did when I read what it meant.  Thanks.
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And according to the erudite Mr. Quayle isn't Latin America where they speak......wait for it.....Latin.
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Of course the only people in the United States who can't see this for the cynical manipulation of a certain…
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Being ignorant of some of the (to me) arcane acronyms of the blogosphere, I have no clue what ROFLAO means.…
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Jesus said, (to paraphrase) "If you want to bring God's Imperial Rule into being (as opposed to Caesar's or Dubya's),…
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Good stuff. Christianity was taken over by one of many possible Christianities.  The right wing fundamentalists in America love the…
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Steven, As usual, I'm with you on this one.  At DKos, if a diarist is not one of a few…
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The fact that O'Reilly is an arrogant, ignorant fuckwad has been well established, this latest episode just confirms it.  Also,…
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Good stuff as usual. I posted this apropos comment on one of Booman's diaries.  It fits here too. http://www.boomantribune.com/comments/2006/5/31/171638/872/49#49 Fair…
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As long as it takes almost two years for this shit to hit the mainstream media and get the backing…
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As a transplanted Yankee living in Louisiana and now Mississippi the only thing I can say I like with the…
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The idea that human beings have always thought racially is simply historically wrong.  True, human beings have always distinguished their…
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The notion of race is modern.  There was no equivalent idea in ancient Greece for example.  Even though Greeks considered…
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Nice Diary.  Two excellent books on just this subject make it clear that race is a political not a biological…
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Thanks.  I think this was just one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of "incidents." Dusk...edge of a village.....don't know why Bob…
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Eric Voegelin, a twentieth century philosoper, said something to the effect that "we bear our citizenship in a country as…
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Well put.  The NYT has now positioned itself with the Star, Us, People.  I don't give a shit about the…
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Since almost all "media" is now pretty much opinion and speculation instead of reporting what has happened I prefer blogs…
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My uncle was in the 589th Field Artillery Battalion attached to the 424th Infantry Regiment of the 106th Division.  The…
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