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tctrills:If you know the bold to be true, you have been wasting our time arguing against the obvious. Can you also discount the circumstances of birth? Abi it doesn't matter if someone was a homeless orphan and you compare his struggle to that of Dangote's child? And if he reminds you that he was a homeless orphan you shout "excuses!" |
raumdeuter:Why. Answer. |
raumdeuter:Oh, and Peru is a first world developed country doing better than African countries today right? |
raumdeuter:And what is the cause of this social dynamic? Or did God create blacks with that unique genetic predilection for single parenthood and absentee fatherism? Is that your explanation? God made us so? |
raumdeuter:Unless you dont believe in cause and effect, even for them, there is a cause, a reason, and explanation for everything. That is the law of cause and effect. Unless you believe in voodoo. So when you say things like - oh the problem is absentee husbands. Please follow up with "Why?" Rather than make it appear as though God created blackmen with that unique tendency. When tctrills says oh, its leadership and corruption, he should do the same - ask why such poor leadership and why such corruption, rather than make it appear as though it comes naturally with black skin. And when someone is giving you well researched scientific answers, all you can do is throw up your hands and shout "excuses!" |
raumdeuter:I have literally written epistles pointing out a hoard of interlocking factors. You are the one who lazily wants to stick with white good, black bad. We are telling the story of man's life and I am looking at it from birth to childhood to puberty, to adolescence, to young adulthood, to full adulthood, to middle age, to early old age, to advanced old age to death. You, by contrast are determined to analyze only his puberty and discount the everything before that and everything after that. |
tctrills:I have literally written epistles pointing out a hoard of interlocking factors. You are the one who lazily wants to stick with white good, black bad. We are telling the story of man's life and I am looking at it from birth to childhood to puberty, to adolescence, to young adulthood, to full adulthood, to middle age, to early old age, to advanced old age to death. You, by contrast are determined to analyze only his puberty and discount everything before that and everything after that. |
GracieX3:You can say that again! Not a whimper! But they will be quick to tell you how useless the black South Africans are for not creating Eldorado in 30 years. |
TV01:We are telling the story of man's life and I am looking at it from birth to childhood to puberty, to adolescence, to young adulthood, to full adulthood, to middle age, to early old age, to advanced old age to death. You, by contrast are determined to analyze only his puberty and discount the everything before that and everything after that. 2. Not necessarily. And certainly not at all in many cases. Why did we need trains? Or Space travel. This saying which you repeat often is not science or fact.Preponderantly. One cannot over estimate for example, the amount of innovations WW2 ushered in. We have that war to thank for even the internet we are using. |
TV01:The Fulani are not the only tribe in Nigeria and even within the Fulani the reprobate and violent tendency is not the only tendency. I asked you a question about where black Africans will be in a century, its not sufficient to point to one violent tendency in one tribe and end your analysis there, concluding that on that account, the entirety of black Africa will either stagnate or regress. There is progress everywhere if only you are not prejudiced to see it. |
raumdeuter:Very good that you admit those statements are true. It's not hard to decipher. It's as simple as saying that someone in hot weather will have darker skin and someone in cold weather will have lighter skin. |
WizardOfNG:.Bagudu. |
GracieX3:What is irritating is if you flip the script by pointing out anything negative about white populations, they will have thousands of "defenses." Not excuses oh. |
tctrills:Look, if you can tell me these two statements are false, then good enough. 1. Environment influences lifestyle and culture over time. 2. Necessity is the mother of invention. Just say these are lies, and let us rest. |
raumdeuter: EXTRACTED: While both the Atacama/Peruvian Desert system (often collectively referred to as the Peruvian coastal desert) and the Sahara Desert are hyper-arid environments, they possess vastly different ecological profiles, soil compositions, and "fertility" dynamics. When comparing their fertility, we have to look at two distinct dimensions: agricultural potential (with human intervention) and natural ecological productivity. 1. Atacama / Peruvian Coastal Desert Despite being one of the driest places on Earth, the Peruvian desert strip is an agricultural miracle when managed properly, driven by unique geographical and geological factors. Soil Composition: The soil is primarily composed of mineral-rich volcanic ash, alluvial deposits from the Andes, and sand. It lacks organic matter but is incredibly rich in phosphorus, potassium, and trace minerals. The Andean Advantage: The desert is crisscrossed by over 50 rivers flowing down from the Andes Mountains. This creates fertile river valleys (oases) that cut through the arid landscape. The Humboldt Current & Camanchaca: The cold ocean current creates a thick, dense fog called camanchaca. This fog provides moisture that sustains unique, specialized ecosystems called Lomas—isolated islands of vegetation in the desert that bloom with flowers and shrubs purely from fog moisture. Agricultural Output: Because the soil is a blank canvas rich in minerals, the introduction of modern drip irrigation (using trapped Andean runoff) has turned the Peruvian desert into a global agricultural powerhouse, yielding high-value exports like asparagus, blueberries, avocados, and grapes. 2. The Sahara Desert The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world. Its sheer scale means its fertility is highly fragmented, resting on ancient geological remnants and subterranean water. Soil Composition: The Sahara is largely covered by shifts of sand dunes (ergs), stone plateaus (hamadas), and gravel plains (regs). The soil is heavily weathered, highly alkaline, and generally lacks the fresh volcanic mineral wealth found in Peru. Fossil Aquifers & Oases: Natural fertility in the Sahara is almost entirely localized around oases, which are fed by massive underground fossil aquifers (like the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System). Where this water reaches the surface, the soil is highly productive, supporting date palms, figs, olives, and citrus. The Dust Export (Global Fertility): Ironically, while the Sahara's soil isn't highly fertile in situ, it is a major source of fertility for the rest of the planet. High winds lift millions of tons of nutrient-rich Saharan dust across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust is loaded with phosphorus and iron, acting as a crucial fertilizer for the Amazon Rainforest and marine phytoplankton in the Atlantic. |
raumdeuter:Look, if you can tell me these two statements are false, then good enough. 1. Environment influences lifestyle and culture over time. 2. Necessity is the mother of invention. Just tell me these are lies so we can all rest the issue. |
Mattswaggz:Do you think there is a problem of conflict of interest when a president negotiates such with a department he supervises. |
raumdeuter:Of course you will not stop to ask if there were Native tribes even living in the Sahara at all, would you? And God forbid you task yourself to compare the nature of both deserts. |
tctrills:It's not anything superior. It's the fact that you don't read and don't think that is annoying. I have given you people scientific links. Are those scientists making excuses for Africa? Are they leftist politicians? Look I can't think for you if you can't think for yourself. I give you lucid explanations about how culture evolves in the temperate zone and you ask why the same doesn't happen in an arid desert where no one lives in the first place. It is exasperating. Look, if you can tell me these two statements are false, then good enough. 1. Environment influences lifestyle and culture over time. 2. Necessity is the mother of invention. Just say these are lies, and let us rest. |
raumdeuter:Pls ask basilico. Something tells me the same answer will land better in your mind from him. |
raumdeuter:It's not my problem if logic is your problem. |
tctrills:You know what. This is actually beginning to annoy me. Don't mention me again. Thanks. |
tctrills:Everything has a ripple effect over time. The barren Sahara is not the same as the Temperate Zone which is habitable and yields. What is possible with modernization is different from what shaped culture for millennia already. Every time you people keep comparing apples for oranges. Pls what excuse did Europe have for stagnating for one thousand years, tell me. I am sick and tired of you calling logic excuses. Enjoy yasef. |
raumdeuter:Just try using your grey matter. I didn't invent those academic studies and they were not done by leftist politicians either. They are done by seasoned anthropologists. It's simple madness to deny that the environment influences lifestyle and to call the results excuses. |
GloriousGbola:Oh I guess this is about my comments on people being arrested for what they post or say. |
tctrills:You are not thinking deeply. You talk about culture as though it came from nowhere. Look, people who live in a place where the land will freeze for half the year will necessarily invent methods of both heat and preservation and will be forced into an organized lifestyle and efficient methods as a matter of survival as opposed to people with fertile land and clement weather all year round. |
TV01:Yahweh is not God. |
raumdeuter:I explained the effect that had in locking us away from the connected old world which spanned the Mediterranean world all the way to China. You have to be studious and thoughtful please. Not every harsh environment works. Some would kill you off. Some would render the whole race extinct. Some would be just harsh enough to force you to organise yourself. |
TV01:You are essentially saying that black people are good for nothing and will end up in a rotten regressive mess even given long stretches of time such as centuries to build up. Do you understand that this is your conclusion? |
bemeruca:You think I invented them? These things are well studied. 1. Harsh climate change was the primary driver in the development of civilization, according to new research by the University of East Anglia. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Severing-Climate-and-Civilization-35804.shtml 2. "The archaeologial and paleoenvironmental evidence is consistent with the notion that the development of complex societies in the Middle Holocene was largely the consequence of the responses of the precursor societies to deteriorating environmental conditions associated principally with the orbitally-driven weakening and southward retreat of the northern hempisphere monsoon belt." http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2006/11/17/accidental_civilization 3. Climate change helped the Incas build civilisation Their warfare, building and agricultural skills may have been impressive but, according to scientists in Peru, the Incas would have been nothing without good weather induced by climate change. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/5916353/Climate-change-helped-the-Incas-build-civilisation.html 4. Climate Changes Affect Ancient Civilizations: The role of climate in the development trajectory of the Near East, Greece, and Rome is discussed here - http://www.suite101.com/content/climate-changes-affect-ancient-civilizations-a107526 5. Climate's Role in Ancient Chinese Civilization A suddenly cold climate about 5,500 years ago coincided with the advent of ancient Chinese civilization, implying some relationship between the two events, Chinese scientists said Monday. http://www.china.org.cn/english/2003/Feb/55500.htm ...One doesn't have to be a genius to know these things. The environment always has consequences on lifestyle and necessity is the mother of invention. One has to be insane to deny either of these two statements. Cc: TV01, basilico, raumdeuter, Tctrills, cococandy |
TV01:Your concern about the Fulani is well founded. I cannot resist pointing out that it was not black people that joined us at the hip with them. The mistake of 1914 thus haunts us and by your prediction will haunt us for a century more. Thus, you yourself concede to the over arching negative effects that sometimes can be seen from Colonialism! Nonetheless it is ludicruous to imagine that we will only either stagnate or regress a hundred years from now. Such a pessimistic view point is not rooted in any reasonable view of how the world is evolving. That sounds more like deep seated prejudice against all things African. Like Mrs. Gates saying that Africa would be full of corpses on the streets during COVID. I don't believe we ever got into the details, it was mostly sweeping assertions, grand claims and optimism? Hopefully the starter for 10 above helps.What is 10 above? |
cococandy:They all agree with Kirk that all black Doctors don't deserve their degrees. ALL |
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