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Originally Posted by theapportioner
Not saying that what you say is untrue -- since a person in Jordan is exposed to a different cultural memory than I am, he or she will see the world through a different lens. Not disputing that. My beef is with the framing of the relationship of these two cultures as one or the other, with no in between, nuance, cross-fertilization, dynamism. What this does, I think, is make a person see things in a two-color perspective, and that's trouble.
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I'm not disagreeing with that....but it shouldn't negate the point that this is crucial to understanding the situation when talking about such an ancient civilization...more so then when talking about Europe etc. It's the only way to understand why Syria, and Iran would offer help to Saddam without playing into this "ahhhh they ALL hate America, and the West, and Imperialism, and Israel, and WE do terrible things" cliche .... because it's really missing the point entirely...and that too plays into this "two-color perspective" that you think is trouble.