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Re: how will enlightened people of the future - 04-02-2007, 08:42 PM

Michael .... You miss my point ... You cannot be guilty of what was outside your ability to understand at the time.

To be 'ashamed' you would have to follow a path of descent. My point is that we have followed a path of ascent. To look back with distaste is to fail to recognise the achievement of life. Before you disparage history you should judge it in its own timeframe.

How could any industrial society prevent global warming before anyone knew what global warming was ?

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