Guns, Germs, and Steel PBS miniseries discussion thread.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by GePap
Oh, your dog got in trouble?

If Drake knows so much, he would be able to discuss it effectively. I don;t see him doing it thought.

Beside genius, this is not about simple history. This is about defining what Japanese culture is, and how adopting Western ideas may, or may not, equal cultural change.

Do you get that?

When you start getting into insults, we know you've been pwned

[GePap]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Cmon, Spain conquered the Americas on behalf of Genoese merchants. Well, thats an exagerration, yeah, but Italy was deep into everything the Spanish empire did. See Henry Kamen, "Empire"

Sorry, but I never read Kamen, and besdies, I hardly will buy one author's story for it. Spain was following on the steps of Henry the Navigator, and if she conquered the new world it was with habsburg money at first, and her plentiful leftover warriors hungry for glory.

For the aristocrats sure. Ya ever read War and Peace? For the peasants nah. a VERY divided society.

Are you therefore saying a place may have mutiple cultures?

And on the culture front, what cultural traits set Northern Italy apart from Europe so that this movement would begin there?

[GePap]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


When you start getting into insults, we know you've been pwned

Oh, so you got pwned a page or two back. Good to know.

[Drake Tungsten]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
When you start getting into insults, we know you've been pwned

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by GePap
Oh, so you got pwned a page or two back. Good to know.

The best part is, I went and searched the previous two pages, to check if I'd made any insults... and I couldn't find any. Care to point them out?

[GePap]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


The best part is, I went and searched the previous two pages, to check if I'd made any insults... and I couldn't find any. Care to point them out?

Just found you backhanded compliment.

GePap is actually right, for once.

NOw, what's really funny is Drake supporting your statement.

Thankfully someone did get the issue and started a real arguement.

[Kuciwalker]

Just found you backhanded compliment.

OMG I said that you are usually wrong! When we're on opposite sides of the political spectrum! The insult!

wait a second

[Drake Tungsten]

You are a terrible, terrible person Kuci...

[Kuciwalker]

I bow my head in shame

[GePap]

Ah, the puppy love between you two is just so darn adorable.

There must be a whole Bathroom set aside in the Kuci household for when Drakie Pooh drops by. How touching.

[Drake Tungsten]

That was a terrible, terrible joke GePap...

[GePap]

Oh, how terrible!

Did you hear that Kuci? That is how he repays your trusting bond? That animal!

Shame on you Drake, shame on you.

[Kuciwalker]

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to be insulted.























































At least, not any more than when the kids down the street say "you're mean!" when I tell them it's bedtime.

[GePap]

Man Kuci, already the old man yelling at the kiddies?

Kuci lost his childhood...

[Kuciwalker]

I'm sorry for yelling at you GePap