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Old 07-16-2002, 04:04 PM
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Re: The printing press

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Originally posted by Cardiac
What does that got to do with anything we are discussing here. If you are trying to make a point I think it is too under stated.

All I know is some idiot fortunate enough to possess a photographic memory saw the blue prints to the printing press and came to america with a patent. If you are talking about the origin of the printing press, I have to tell you i'm stumped. Enlighten me.
My point was simply in reference to this:

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Originally posted by Cardiac
All the accomplishments, History and greatness that this country accomplished were taken from them and to this day are credited to another, so I know stole is accurate.
Here, I assume 'them' refers to African civilizations. You have made this point extensible to all learning and innovation . . . basically you're stating that all human advancement was predicated on stealing something from African societies.

So, since America adopted the printing press as the basis for literary (and therefore intellectual) advancement and promotion via mass-production of literature, who did Gutenburg steal it from?

Unless it was an African culture that was mass-producing books centuries before, it seems we've found a hole in the theory (however minor), b/c credit appears to be given to whom it is due.

Personally, I think the revelation that Egyptian culture was Semite (although existing on the African continent) should have been enough to make you re-think your theory . . . but what do I know?
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