If someone (like PCG) starts going off on an outrageous nazi like tirade about superiority, then of course I am getting pissed and respond likewise.
I don't think my Arab friends are perfect, but it does seem that a large number of people love to hate them, and so when I feel that, I am in the mood for some throwing down on their behalf. So that is not intelligent conversation context - anyway, this is forum is not mostly an intelligent conversation context.
If we were having an intelligent conversation, it would start out by asking what "civilization" is in the first place, and then whether east and west make any sense - what they mean, etc.
If someone (like PCG) starts going off on an outrageous nazi like tirade about superiority, then of course I am getting pissed and respond likewise.
I don't think my Arab friends are perfect, but it does seem that a large number of people love to hate them, and so when I feel that, I am in the mood for some throwing down on their behalf. So that is not intelligent conversation context - anyway, this is forum is not mostly an intelligent conversation context.
If we were having an intelligent conversation, it would start out by asking what "civilization" is in the first place, and then whether east and west make any sense - what they mean, etc.