Geoff,
The Inuit mastered and applied, thousands of years earlier, concepts of 
heat transfer and conservation that the rest of Humanity failed to grasp 
until early in the Twentieth Century. Yet you don't think that is even 
approximately equivalent to the invention of writing?

I understand what you said in your last post. You were dismissing 
William's assertions and asking others to ignore him. In the process of 
doing that, you elevated the achievements of the Sumarians and Egyptians 
and denigrated those of the Inuit. Yet you fail to grasp the simple 
concept that such denigrations are inaccurate and highly offensive. 
Mastery of the science behind constructing the pyramids and the 
undertaking and completion of such a massive project is impressive. The 
pyramids are gargantuan undertakings that involved considerable 
scientific insight. Yet achievements on a similar scale were wrought by 
small groups of men paddling kayaks. They devised the means of floating, 
navigation, hunting, killing, retrieving, and butchering whales the size 
of houses.

Similarly, Sumarians (as far as we currently know) invented the first 
form of written language by making three cornered impressions in mud. 
This, you imply, is an achievement superior to the Inuit mastery of the 
elements such that they lived a lifestyle that V. Stefansson 
characterized as leisurely and tropical during the coldest winter months 
in the high arctic.

Yes, writing and pyramid construction involved venerable insights and 
were impressive achievements. Inuit insights and achievements are 
equally venerable and impressive. Yet you persist in justifying your 
denigration of Inuit culture.
Your comments continue to be offensive. They are based on misinformed 
stereotypes. Instead of writing justifications for your insults, why 
don't you just apologize?

Sincerely,
Ron Hoggan


Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
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> Re Inuit comments:- I was specifically referring to William's ill-informed comment claiming that Middle-eastern civilisations based on grains had a lack of invention and a lack of genius. This is so obviously wrongheaded and fanatical that it needed to be addressed. As regards the Inuit, I'm sure they were very good at surviving in the Arctic, but I somewhat doubt that they ever produced the equivalent of the pyramids or were the first to invent writing etc. In short, grains damaged human health but they were also critical for civilisation to start.
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