On Jun 4, 6:59*pm, Andy > wrote:
> James Silverton said...
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> > *Andy *wrote *on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:48:09 -0500:
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> >>> Some Chinese, a long time ago, thought that China was the
> >>> geographic & theological center "Middle" of the earth.
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> >>> And of course the Japanese creation myths are even more
> >>> regionally chauvinistic than the Chinese.
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> >>> Not only is there a tendency of the human animal to think its
> >>> place is the center of the universe, but, according to one
> >>> theory, in an infinite and eternal universe, the center is
> >>> everywhere and there is no circumference.
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> >> But on any given day, there are more important people in New
> >> York City than anywhere else on earth.
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> >> That includes all the cabbies and Sabrett street hot dog
> >> vendors.
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> >> I suggest the "center" of the earth to be moved to "...New
> >> York City???"
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> > Have you ever looked at the Chinese character for China?
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> No I haven't.
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> Aren't there about 4,000 Chinese written symbols in their alphabet?

I think that's the basic number a reasonably litterate person needs
to know. I believe there are many more.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada