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Thu May-20-10 07:37 PM
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"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between" |
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Thu May-20-10 07:39 PM
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Thu May-20-10 07:40 PM
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Edited on Thu May-20-10 07:41 PM by Demeter
All of the Middle East, the Byzantine Empire, Africa, most of the world, in fact.
And some places were always too poor to get decadent.
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Thu May-20-10 07:44 PM
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3. Yeah not the only one but one of several |
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Edited on Thu May-20-10 07:45 PM by Raine
what is so sad is that this country had such promise.
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Thu May-20-10 07:49 PM
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4. Also attributed to George Bernard Shaw, as . . . |
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"America is the only country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual interval of civilization."
(Which, frankly, sounds more like Wilde than Shaw.)
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Thu May-20-10 08:21 PM
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6. I thought it was Shaw too.....nt |
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Thu May-20-10 08:07 PM
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5. We got out of barbarism? |
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Thu May-20-10 08:22 PM
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7. One of my favorite quotes! k&r n/t |
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