> First off, if you would reread my original post, you will notice that I
> almost never declared anything to be a "sole major American
> accomplishment." (The exception was landing a man on the moon, which was
> very much a sole American accomplishment.)
Based entirely on appropriated German rocket technology... ;o)
> Secondly, Gautam made an oustanding post today which left Charlie Bell's
> debunking attempts in shreds.
Gah. When are you going to learn any grace at all, and are you ever going to
listen to what people are *actually* saying instead of what you think
they're saying based on your own prejudices?
You are incredibly arrogant. You haven't conceded one point on this, not at
all. You haven't accepted the fact that I actually agreed with you. I was
just using the phrasing of your statement as an example of arrogance.
> By any measure of technological
> achievement, be it patents, be it Nobel Prizes, be it whatever -
> America is
> certainly "a leader", as I described it.
As I happily admit. I just dispute that it was the leader between 100 - 200
years ago, when Europe controlled most of the world, and most of the great
advances happened in Europe.
Charlie
