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Dec 16 00:56 UTC 2003

Huh.  I think Middle Eastern monotheism and the general Judao-Christian 
moral principles which accompanied it, taken as a whole, surpass by far 
any other contribution to civilization which came out of that region.  
Or for that matter, any region.  I think it's the basis for modern 
nationalism instead of tribalism and industry replacing agriculture, 
for starters among things that I value in life.