<DIV>Huh? I'm afraid I'm totally at a loss as to why this is even remotely western centric, nor why it would make you angry. Please explain.</DIV>
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<DIV>Zoe<BR><BR><B><I>Rotem Dan <rotem_dan@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Just stumbled upon the "Knowledge" article, and was<BR>hit by shock and amazement:<BR><BR>"You come to a gas station and the gas station<BR>attendant tells you: "I just heard from someone that<BR>there was a big accident just around the big curve on<BR>State Route 99. .."<BR><BR>"So let's get down to business, and ask: What is<BR>knowledge? How can I define the word or the concept,<BR>'knowledge'?"<BR><BR>"In other words, by the word "knowledge," we don't<BR>mean simply whatever is generally regarded as true<BR>these days by most experts"<BR><BR>In other words, a<BR>western-americo-centric-article-written-solely-in-<BR>the-point-of-view-an-almost-obscure-philosopher..<BR>(If this sounds like trolling, then I apologize, I am<BR>pretty angry right now.. :| )<BR><BR>With all the respect for wikipedia's founders, please<BR>do not allow these tribute pages on wikipedia.<BR>You-state-yourself-that-wikipedia-is-an-encyclopedia-,not<BR>an-"Ideapedia"-or-tribute-shrine-for-your-beloved-favorite-<BR>philosopher.<BR>(Again apologizing for the trolling attitude)<BR><BR>Please consider leaving these type of texts as cites,<BR>or book references (drived by the usual<BR>wiki-consensus).<BR><BR>Rotem<BR><BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!<BR>http://platinum.yahoo.com<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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