[LINK] Pride goeth before the fall

[rfmcdonald]

I owe nhw, something, for pointing me to rparvaaz's takedown of Ibn Warraq's "Democracy in a Cartoon" in the English-language edition of Der Spiegel. Briefly put, Warraq argues that Westerners should feel more-or-less unqualified pride in the accomplishments of their civilization. rparvaaz points out, drawing specific reference to India's experience, that this is not only foolish but pride. Oh when do we become historically literate?