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Re:"The Edwardian era was the last era of high civilization." by noonespecial on Sunday July 05, 2009 @04:58AM (#688065)
A fine example of how history compresses, sanitizes and romanticizes the past. Why in my day, "prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders."

Now good sir, do get off my lawn!

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Re:"The Edwardian era was the last era of high civilization." by pyre on Sunday July 05, 2009 @05:52AM (#688085)
Reading through the comments, the guys sort of sounds like a douche. Stating things like "women don't contribute to anything of lasting cultural value." Well OF COURSE they didn't. It wasn't until 1920 that women were allowed to vote (at least in the USA), and it hasn't been until recently that women have made headway in holding political/powerful positions. If you take a look at that era, you'll find that racism and sexism abounded, and I'll bet they also believed that the Muslims were 'savages' because they didn't believe in the 'one true god.' Sounds like a perfect and enlightened civilization to me...

The comments section is just bunch of "I was born in the wrong era" morons circle jerking their "my era can beat up your era" ideas. And almost everything that they talk about is subjective... like taste in music. The author admits his likes to jam to the 1920's Radio Network while coding, only to decry all the newer music as garbage.

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