tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post5544838862432612230..comments2023-12-19T15:10:02.866-08:00Comments on ex cathedra: Formerly sorta One NationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-45864651427378993922015-07-11T17:50:45.208-07:002015-07-11T17:50:45.208-07:00A, I would quibble that the Russians are not Europ...A, I would quibble that the Russians are not European- at least, not at least partly European. History is filled with Scandinavians and Germans who married and lived among Russians, and even came to consider themselves one and the same as their hosts. East Slavic culture was first propagated by a Viking elite class; Catherine the Great was said to speak better Russian and act more Russian than her own husband, and she was German. <br /><br />The Russians are liminal; they have been, and will always be, the gray zone between Europeans and Asians. It was the conversion of the Kievan Rus' by Vladimir the Great that marked the Russians as the last bastion of Europe, and not an encroaching Asiatic flank, as would have happened if they had adapted, say, Judaism from the Khazars, or Islam from the Bulgars, or perhaps if Buddhism from the Mongols had permanently displaced Christianity. Great leaps of cultural and technological development have always come from the Russians looking Westward; yet their roots in the Asiatic step tribes, the Scythians and Tartars, is undeniable. <br /><br />-SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-12277363322859216302015-07-11T10:28:05.079-07:002015-07-11T10:28:05.079-07:00It will take a lot before our fellows of blood rea...It will take a lot before our fellows of blood realize that they are not friends with their accusers. By the way, why are we called Caucasian? I would think that European is good and distinct from Caucasian. Also, while Caucasian can expand into Turkey and Iran, were there to be less of a semitic influence, would that reasonably extend out to Pakistan? If not, what would that area be called other than the "middle east?" Turkistan(since they are all Turkic?) meh, nobody who led to these trends really gives a shit about anthropology so it is probably a waste of time. I just don't consider Europeans to be Caucasian. Caucasians are no more European than Russians are. PC, as usual, at odds with what likely is. Also as usual, even I find myself settling for the phrase every once in a while to make things easier. <br /><br />-A-Anoreply@blogger.com