The Germans are coming
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WTF is a Skythian?There is nothing as pathetic as people bragging about what they perceive as "their race".
How little have you personaly achieved in life to be proud of something you never ever were involved in in any possible way.
I agree with the above, but I never made either of the claims you seem to be responding to.
Wasnt directed at you, but the people you quoted.
Indeed, he does make a racial argument by the statement of the word "race" but what he fails to understand is that he is really making a cultural one. There is no proof that the acts he speaks of are genetically driven. There is plenty of proof that it was culturally driven, although, I dismantled that argument brick by brick. As toward past achievements, or lack thereof, I don't see him making that argument either. It is easy to get bogged down in race and catch the "my people" syndrome, however, this is a historical argument. There is no doubt that DAWS is is using the historical argument to trash a people of today, but his historical accuracy is lacking.
Human conflict has more reasons than simple culture. The old Germanic tribes used to believe in a religion that required people to die in battle to permited into heaven. But I doubt that they butcherd half as much as the modern German fascists of the 20th century did. The Skythians of the central plains of Asia as well as the Mongols probably butcherd more.
If I were to pick a region of this planet which saw the highest count of people killed through conflict it would be China. Which even before Communist famines saw civil wars like during the Waring States era that had cost the lives of millions. Which doesnt have as much to do with culture than with with the simply massive population and the sideeffect of living to close to the Mongols.
Something from one of your video games?
Moron.
The Skythians were a nomadic tribe who lived in a region spanning from modern day Ukraine to Kazakhstan. They frequently raided and plunderd Greek, Persian and Roman settlements.