Who, exactly? And where? I've been to Africa. I have a family and relations in Zambia and Zimbabwe. I have a parish friend who travels often to Namibia, and another one who is from Tanzania. Other acquaintances from Uganda and Kenya and Malawi. I think I prefer to believe what I have seen and known from the people who live there. I've seen photos of the major African cities, all of them quite modern.
I assume you are not referring to traditional athletic contests...just as one would not refer to Olympic javelin throwing or fencing matches.
When I was in high school (in Puget Sound), some classmates went on a field trip to New York City. The local kids there regaled them with questions about how hard it was to live in the wild forests, and whether the Indians still attacked us with bows and arrows. They were in complete earnest. My classmates were flabbergasted that these kids could be so ignorant of the rest of the country. My wife runs into similar ignorant questions about Africa, as though everyone lived in the veldt. And now I have run into such wonderful insight from you.
Oh that's right, I forgot. You know everything and have seen everything. It's practically impossible I've seen something that you haven't, so you must be right. Why would I give you sources or examples when it's hard not to detect a smug arrogance in your reply? Chalk up another W for DRD and have a wonderful rest of your day!
I've been there and done that, and am well connected. You can't even spit out who is throwing spears at whom, which would settle the argument conclusively. Have you actually seen anything...or just picked it up from somewhere?
This started out with you disparaging Africans as not being capable of civilization. Counterexamples blow your argument away. Smug arrogance is your self-projection.
No, they're not "throwing spears at animals and at each other." That kind of ignorant disparagement is neither kind nor honest.
Some of them absolutely do throw spears whether you like to believe it or not.
Who, exactly? And where? I've been to Africa. I have a family and relations in Zambia and Zimbabwe. I have a parish friend who travels often to Namibia, and another one who is from Tanzania. Other acquaintances from Uganda and Kenya and Malawi. I think I prefer to believe what I have seen and known from the people who live there. I've seen photos of the major African cities, all of them quite modern.
I assume you are not referring to traditional athletic contests...just as one would not refer to Olympic javelin throwing or fencing matches.
When I was in high school (in Puget Sound), some classmates went on a field trip to New York City. The local kids there regaled them with questions about how hard it was to live in the wild forests, and whether the Indians still attacked us with bows and arrows. They were in complete earnest. My classmates were flabbergasted that these kids could be so ignorant of the rest of the country. My wife runs into similar ignorant questions about Africa, as though everyone lived in the veldt. And now I have run into such wonderful insight from you.
Oh that's right, I forgot. You know everything and have seen everything. It's practically impossible I've seen something that you haven't, so you must be right. Why would I give you sources or examples when it's hard not to detect a smug arrogance in your reply? Chalk up another W for DRD and have a wonderful rest of your day!
I've been there and done that, and am well connected. You can't even spit out who is throwing spears at whom, which would settle the argument conclusively. Have you actually seen anything...or just picked it up from somewhere?
This started out with you disparaging Africans as not being capable of civilization. Counterexamples blow your argument away. Smug arrogance is your self-projection.