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Old 01-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
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What is Mankinds PROUDEST moment of the 20th Cenuary?

Proud of that for sure!?

What can mankind be proud of during the 20th Centuary there must be lots of things but What would you rank as the thing we would Celebrate as Mankinds Proudest event?

No One has replied yet ... so i im led to believe that the subject matter is too boring or that people believe that mankind had nothing to be proud of between 1900 -2000.

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Re: What is Mankinds PROUDEST moment of the 20th Cenuary?

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Proud of that for sure!?

What can mankind be proud of during the 20th Centuary there must be lots of things but What would you rank as the thing we would Celebrate as Mankinds Proudest event?

No One has replied yet ... so i im led to believe that the subject matter is too boring or that people believe that mankind had nothing to be proud of between 1900 -2000.
I would have to do some research to answer your question as you state it. However, I think that the proudest moment for the United States in the 20th Century is the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We can be proud of it; but in counter point that pride must be weighed against the shame of the preceding history of slavery and Jim Crow in the United States.

I suggest that any claim for a proud moment for mankind would have to be weighed against the terrible history of war and genocide practiced by humanity during the 20th Century. I suspect that the creation of the human species might qualify as God’s only error.

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“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, July 2, 1964) was a landmark legislation in the United States that outlawed segregation in the US schools and public places. First conceived to help African Americans, the bill was amended prior to passage to protect women in courts, and explicitly included white people for the first time. It also started the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In order to circumvent limitations on the federal use of the Equal Protection Clause handed down by the Civil Rights Cases, the law was passed under the Commerce Clause. Once it was implemented, its effects were far reaching and had tremendous long-term impacts on the whole country. It prohibited discrimination in public facilities, in government, and in employment, invalidating the Jim Crow laws in the southern US. It became illegal to compel segregation of the races in schools, housing, or hiring. Powers given to enforce the bill were initially weak, but were supplemented during later years.”
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Re: What is Mankinds PROUDEST moment of the 20th Cenuary?

Without a doubt, I'd say it would be landing on the moon.

With Neil Armstrong stepping onto the dusty lunar surface, humanity briefly touched greatness of legendary proportions.

This is the stuff the ancients wrote songs about and invented religions for.


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