[ExI] david statue coincidence

[William Flynn Wallace]

So why haven’t we mastered their technology and science?  What is stopping
us from getting all the same force multipliers?  Why didn’t Goliath’s guys
all take up slingshots the day after the fatal combat?



What do you suppose they tell themselves?



spike


Lies


bill w

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:38 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] david statue coincidence
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> So back then, Israelite vs Philistine…Be the side with the most
> and best technology.  spike
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> >…Here is a quote from an Israeli politician, I don't remember who, that
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> Yeah - look at the Arabian peninsula on a map.  Tiny.
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> The Arabs seemingly could overwhelm Israel with ease, but have been beaten
> in more than one war.  They just can't stand it.
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> What DNA differences do you think exist between Arab and Jew?  I suspect
> very little. Nothing worse than getting beaten by your brother.
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> Ja.  Genetically they are similar; memetically very different.  Surrounded
> by hostiles in far superior numbers, Israel survives by a constant
> awareness that its existence depends completely on mastery of superior
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> Let us consider what that looks like from the point of view of the
> surrounding people.  Taught from earliest childhood to despise this
> invading infidels, in their quieter moments of reflection they must wonder
> why it survives.  It is clear enough that it is because it has attained a
> higher mastery of technology and science.  The next question must be
> inevitable in many of their minds: So why haven’t we mastered their
> technology and science?  What is stopping us from getting all the same
> force multipliers?  Why didn’t Goliath’s guys all take up slingshots the
> day after the fatal combat?
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