irony: it's what's for dinner

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DEAD SEA RESORT, Jordan (CNN) -- The Arab world should be showing "a higher level of outrage" over the death of an American businessman whose beheading was posted on an Islamist Web site last week, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.

When people say there isn't enough outrage over what's happening in Iraq... that's not what they meant.

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[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I see parallels between the two cultures. The concern I have is that Christian culture of the Middle Ages could not reach as far around the globe as equivalent cultures can today. Its firepower and influence was restricted by its weak tech.

I don't remember my history well enough to recall the catalyst for the Renaissance, but I do remember when I was in school having the impression that time was a required factor. Measuring that time in centuries is appropriate.