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					Originally Posted by derrida
					
				 
				Actually, the same number of things happened all across the world. Maybe you mean more things worth studying? Sounds like an awful subjective judgement to me! 
			
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 Value statements are inavoidable. Treating things as equal is a value statement in and of itself.
I don't think it is a bad thing to claim that the Industrial Revolution was more important than Joe taking a piss in a river. Both happened in history; only one needs to be learned about.