Trollheart |
06-05-2017 11:57 AM |
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
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Let me clarify: I understand the intent of the person who created the image, but it doesn't work as the humor or the pithy comment it was meant to be. And, yes, I know what the middle two dates are, but the first one isn't the date of the first car and I have no idea what the satellite is supposed to be for 2013.
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Maybe this for 1896?
June 4 – The Ford Quadricycle, the first Ford vehicle ever developed, is completed, eventually leading Henry Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".
I think the humour does work. What advances do you know of that can be attributed to Islamic countries, or at least, hardline Islam-ruled ones in the last 100 years? Compared to what's happened over our side, as it were. I think it proves that while muslims are still stoning women for adultery or wearing the wrong clothes or looking sideways at them, the rest of the world has been more progressive in its approach to everything.
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