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"Our schools are still very Eurocentric," Noble said. "People do not appreciate the significance of the Maya civilization. Instead of looking to Egypt, Greece and Rome, we can look to the extremely high ancient civilization in our own back yard."

Our unique Western worldview, which includes the concept of the inherent value of the individual human being and the concept of inalienable rights which flows from it, has made our Eurocentric civilization the most successful, progressive, and humane in all of history.

It may be important to acknowledge the other teams in the league, but there is only one Super Bowl winner.

4 posted on 09/28/2003 5:20:02 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This tagline has been suspended or banned.)
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"Our schools are still very Eurocentric," Noble said. "People do not appreciate the significance of the Maya civilization. Instead of looking to Egypt, Greece and Rome, we can look to the extremely high ancient civilization in our own back yard."

I think the point is that our civilization was built on the foundation laid by Egypt/Greece/Rome, not on the Mayan civ.

13 posted on 05/02/2006 9:53:10 AM PDT by JohnnyZ (Happy New Year! Breed like dogs!)
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