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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (30144)	3/26/2003 2:02:46 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Sometines the turning point, like Constantinople taken by the Turkish in 1473 is for the worse for ones, but led to the Portuguese discovering a sea route to Asia, which make us better overall as new crops were discovered and trade increased. Sometimes the turn is for the better, the end of the dark ages and the start of the Renaissance, which paved the way for the scientific discoveries of the past 500 years. Our problem is that whenever we Latins make a positive contribution, like the Roman Empire, Columbus, Vasco da Gama some barbarians come and spoil it. Had the Spanish Armada won in 1588 history would have been diferent. But they lost and for the next 400 years the barbarians ruled :-) I think we need a new Renaissance to make a better world than those the Anglo-Saxons have ruled in the last 400 years or so. Similar akin to the Renaissance is necessary. But very difficult for people to understand since they don't see human progression in terms os milenia, but only in terms of their living adult lives.