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West Western Westri

~ WEST    from NORSE MYTHOLOGY
~ WESTERN CIVILIZATION see below
~ WESTRI  myth> ONE OF THE FOUR DWARFS
                SUPPORTING THE HEAVENS 
  note other three members  
  see> SUDRI     see> NORDI  see> AUSTRI
  note other sorts of "SMALL PEOPLE" 
  see> LILLIPUT  see> MIDGET   
  see> PYGMY     see> HOMUNCULUS 
  see> BROWNIE   see> GNOME    
  see> PUTTI
  hx> WESTERN CIVILIZATION HAS ITS ROOTS IN
      IDEAS AND VALUES TRACED TO ANCIENT GREECE AND
  CODIFIED BY ROME INTO A 
  LEGAL SYSTEM RULING SOCIETY BY 
  CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENTS DICTATING THE 
  SEPARATION OF CHURCH FROM STATE AND AUGMENTED BY
  SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND A 
  CAPACITY OF SELF CRITICISM AS WELL AS A 
  CAPACITY OF LEGAL PEACEFUL REFORM
  THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROOTS OF
  THE ABOVE VALUES ARE BEING CHALLENGED BY
  RELIGIOUS STATES     see> ISRAEL  see> VATICAN
  ETHNIC ENTHUSIASTS   see> ISRAEL 
  RADICAL FEMINISTS    see> BESANT
  {THE CURRENT PUSH IN THE USA TO ABANDON 
  CURRICULAR EMPHASES ON CLASSIC HUMANISM IN FAVOR 
  OF AFROCENTRIC AND ORIENTAL EMPHASES WILL 
  AT LEAST DETERIORIORATE THE "VALUE" OF THE 
  "IDEAS" UNDERSCORED BY ALL EUROPEAN LANGUAGES 
  IDEAS THAT ARE ANCHORED IN GREEK AND LATIN IDEALS 
  WHICH WITHOUT HESITATION TEACH THAT 
  ALL MEN ARE EQUAL AND THAT ALL MEN ARE IMPERFECT 
  CAPABLE OF BLOODY DEEDS }
  sug> HOMER  see> ILIAD  see> ODYSSEY  see> PARIS  

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