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One of my more depressing friends always tells me when I marvel at people's stupidity to think of what AVERAGE intelligence means, and then figure that half of the world is DUMBER than that.
It explains so many of the stories in this thread.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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