tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6799389428000781280..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Fourteenth Century CopenhagenKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-65790098633936747732016-07-19T08:30:27.126+01:002016-07-19T08:30:27.126+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Commenting on your last line: I would...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Commenting on your last line: I would remind you that LARGE and many parts of OUR world are no better off or in even worse shape than the Copenhagen of circa AD 1300. The Danes of that time at least had the advantage, albeit unknowingly, of being part of a civilization which was starting to enter, to use a Hordian term, free growth and rapid advances in all fields of life. The primitive or wretchedly ruled parts of our world are being being governed by brigands tyrannizing over peasants. I have most of Africa and almost all Muslim nations in mind. And this is caused by ideas, beliefs, and customs which are retarding these peoples.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com