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Old 01-24-2013, 11:47 PM   #996
Makarov
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman View Post
Well I don't it's hard to say, that did not happen. If my quality of life is tied to this countries history, then is it also responsible for the many who aren't so lucky, like "Freedom" who walks 17th ave begging for change.
No one is saying that history is solely responsible for anything, but yes, the bolded is more or less what I am suggesting. All of our lives are connected to history in some complex, maybe non-intuitive way. It isn't productive to dwell on that, but neither is it productive to ignore it (in my opinion of course.)
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