Re: : OS as religions

Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:37:51 -0500, John Turco <jtur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:

John Turco <jtur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Military prowess is hardly the truest measure of a civilized
society.

So what is?
How *do* you define civilization, and how 'more civilized'?

Hello, Wolfgang:

Well, "civilization" normally involves having a written language.
The ancient Romams >did< possess one, and their German adversaries
lacked same.

Not strictly true. They used Greek.

Ho hum.

I knew it was a mistake to stop teaching schoolkids to read Julius
Caesar's "De Bello Gallico" :-)

--
Chris Malcolm
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